ef-flo — Lewis & Short
ef-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.,
I to blow or breathe out (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose).
I Act.
A In gen.:
(Sol) suos efflavit ignes,Lucr. 5, 652; cf.:
ignes Aetnaeos faucibus,Verg. A. 7, 786:
ignes ore et naribus,Ov. M. 2, 85:
lucem elatis naribus (equi solis),Verg. A. 12, 115:
mare patulis naribus,Ov. M. 3, 686; cf.:
nimbos in sublime (balaenae),Plin. 9, 6, 6, § 16:
pulverem,id. 29, 6, 39, § 138:
vina somno,Stat. Th. 5, 209:
omnem colorem,i. e. to lose, Lucr. 2, 833 et saep.:
bestiolae si efflantur (vento),Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.—
B Esp. freq.:
animam,to breathe out one's life, to expire, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9 fin.; Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 86:
a milite omnis spes,id. Truc. 4, 4, 23; Cic. Mil. 18 fin.; Nep. Paus. 5, 4; Suet. Dom. 2; id. Aug. 99;
for which also: extremum halitum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: vitam in nubila,Sil. 17, 557; and absol.: (anguem) Abicit efflantem, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106.—
2 Transf. *
(a) Of wounds:
efflantes plagae,deadly, which let out life, Stat. Th. 8, 168.—
(b) With an obj. acc. and inf., to say with one's last breath:
quam verum est, quod moriens (Brutus) efflavit, non in re, sed in verbo tantum esse virtutem,Flor. 4, 7, 11.—
II Neutr. (very seldom):
flamma,Lucr. 6, 681; 699; Stat. Th. 10, 109; Ven. Fort. 4, 26, 128.