inspiration Copy link Outline I. Of breathII. Divine prompting1. afflātus, ūs (rare except in abl.)2. inflātus, ūs (like preced.)3. instinctus, ūs (divine impulse or instigation)4. inflammātio animi [et quidam afflatus quasi furoris], i. e. poetic excitement and i., Cic. de Or. 2, 46, extr.5. inspīrātio (late) literary i., insp. litteraria, Sidon. Eccl. Scrr. (N.B.--Only to be used as theol. t. t.) Phr. to prophesy under the influence of supernatural i., divino spiritu instinctum canere, Liv. 5. 13 • inspiration: I. Of breath: spīrĭtus qui hauritur, ducitur: v. breath. To make an i., inspirare: v. to breathe. II. Divine prompting: 1. afflātus, ūs (rare except in abl.): no great man without some divine i., nemo vir magnus sine aliquo divino af., Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 167. Join: instinctu divinoque afflatu, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34. 2. inflātus, ūs (like preced.): Join: instinctu inflatuque divino, Cic. Div. 1, 6, 12. 3. instinctus, ūs (divine impulse or instigation): Cic. (v. supr. 1): Lact. 4. inflammātio animi [et quidam afflatus quasi furoris], i. e. poetic excitement and i., Cic. de Or. 2, 46, extr. 5. inspīrātio (late) literary i., insp. litteraria, Sidon. Eccl. Scrr. (N.B.--Only to be used as theol. t. t.) Phr. to prophesy under the influence of supernatural i., divino spiritu instinctum canere, Liv. 5. 13: by i., not of my own impulse, divinitus, non mea sponte, Cic. Sull. 15, 43: given by i. of God, (scriptura) divinitus inspirata, Vulg. II. Tim. iii. 16.