I.to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “age, jam infla buccas,” Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26: “ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,” Cato, R. R. 90: “tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,” is swelled, Verg. A. 3, 357: “merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,” should in a rage puff up both his cheeks, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21: “inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,” make flatulent, Cels. 2, 26.—
B. In partic., to play upon a wind instrument: “inflare cavas cicutas,” Lucr. 5, 1383: “calamos leves,” Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol., to blow: “simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur,” Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc.: “sonum,” Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —
II. Trop., to puff up, inflate: “spe falsa animos,” Cic. Pis. 36, 89: “regis spem (with erigere animos),” Liv. 35, 42, 5: “animos ad intolerabilem superbiam,” id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4: “purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus,” Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3: “crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem,” Hor. S. 2, 5, 98: “ipse erit glorià inflandus,” Quint. 11, 1 med.—Absol., of speech: “Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius,” blew a little too hard, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music: “illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur,” id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin.: “et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat,” puffed, bepraised, Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus , a, um, P. a., blown into, filled with blowing.
A. Lit.: “si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,” Cic. Brut. 51, 192: “bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus,” Ov. M. 1, 340: “nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire,” with a too great expenditure of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.—
2. Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up: “serpens inflato collo,” Cic. Vatin. 2, 4: “bucca inflatior,” Suet. Rhet. 5: “inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,” Verg. E. 6, 15: “Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,” swollen, enlarged, Liv. 23, 19, 4: “amnes,” id. 40, 33, 2: “capilli,” hanging loose, dishevelled, Ov. A. A. 3, 145: “inflata rore non Achaico turba,” Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.: “vestis inflatior,” Tert. Pall. 4 med.—
B. Trop.
1. In gen., puffed up, inflated, haughty, proud: “quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur,” Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: “inflatus et tumens animus,” id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: “inflata spe atque animis,” id. Mur. 15, 33: “promissis,” id. ib. 24, 49: “laetitia atque insolentia,” id. Phil. 14, 6, 15: “jactatione,” Liv. 29, 37, 9: “assensionibus,” id. 24, 6, 8: “estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore,” Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116: “opinionibus,” id. Off. 1, 26, 91: “his opinionibus animus,” Liv. 6, 11, 6; 6, 18, 5: “vana spe,” id. 35, 49, 4: “vano nuntio,” id. 24, 32, 3: “successu tantae rei,” id. 37, 12, 4: “legionum numero,” Vell. 2, 80, 2: “superbus et inflatus,” Juv. 8, 72: “elatus inflatusque,” Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp.: “juvenis inflatior,” Liv. 39, 53, 8.—
2. In partic., of style, inflated, turgid: “Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,” Quint. 12, 10, 16: “inflatus et tumidus,” Tac. Or. 18: “Callimachus,” Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē , only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously: “aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,” Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3: “inflatius commemorare,” id. ib. 2, 39, 4: “inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,” id. ib. 3, 79, 4: “fabulari inflatius,” Amm. 22, 16, 10.
