ventĭlo — Lewis & Short
ventĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.ventulus,
I to toss, swing, brandish in the air; to fan.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
facem,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50.
arma,Mart. 5, 31, 4:
aureos nummos manu,App. M. 2, p. 126, 14.—Absol.:
quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare!Sen. Ep. 117, 25:
aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare,id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med.:
cubitum utrumque in diversum latus,Quint. 11, 3, 118:
populeas ventilat aura comas,fans, sways, agitates, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54:
incendia (flatus),i. e. to fan, inflame, kindle, Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him, i. e. cools him with fanning, Mart. 3, 82, 10.—Absol.:
aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat,Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it, Juv. 1, 28:
alis,Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.:
alio atque alio positu ventilari,to move one's self, Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—
B In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air, in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—
II Trop., to set in motion, to move, disturo, agitate, disquiet: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54:
nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus,i. e. to bring forward, App. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.