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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• blow (v.):
  1. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. to make a current of air:
      1. 1. flo, 1: the wind blew favourably for us from Epirus, belle nobis flavit ab Epiro ventus, Cic.: Caes.
      2. 2. perflo, 1 (b. through or over): the winds b. through the clouds, venti nubila p., Lucr.: the winds b. over the earth, venti terras p., Virg.
      3. 3. reflo, 1 (b. back or against): the Etesian winds b. greatly against us (i. e. are directly contrary), Etesiae valde reflant, Cic.
      4. 4. spīro, 1 (poet.: v. to breathe): the east wind began to b. more strongly, coepit sp. valentius Eurus, Ov.: Plin.
      5. 5. aspīro, 1: towards night the breezes b., asp. aurae in noctem, Virg.
      6. 6. inspiro, 1 (b. upon or into): the breezes b. upon the boughs of the trees, in. ramis arborum aurae, Quint.: to b. into an orifice, foramen ins., Plin.
    2. II. To sound (of instruments): căno, cĕcĭni, cantum, 3: the trumpets blew, cecinere tubae, Prop.: v. to sound.
    3. III. To pant: anhēlo, 1: v. to pant.
    4. IV. To blossom: q. v.: flōreo.
  2. B. Trans.:
    1. I. To drive by a current of air:
      1. 1. flo, 1: dust blown by the wind, pulvis vento flatus, Auct. B. Afr.
      2. 2. afflo, 1 (to b. upon): to b. a warm vapour upon the limbs, calidum membris af. vaporem, Lucr.: Plin.
      3. 3. efflo, 1 (b. out): whales b. out showers aloft, balaenae nimbos in sublime ef., Plin.: Ov. Phr.: others b. the bellows, alii follibus auras accipiunt redduntque, Virg.: to b. a fire, ignem conflare, Pl.; ignem sufflare, Plin.: by b.ing a spark of fire they made it burn up, scintillam ignis flando accenderunt, Liv.: to b. out a light, *lumen flatu exstinguere: to b. up fortifications, moenia pulvere nitrato destruere (cf. Virg. Aen. 4, 326): to b. the nose, ēmungo, munxi, munctum, 3: with pron. reflect. or as reflect. v.: Auct. Her.: Juv. N.B.--In many cases this verb when employed in connexion with such words as "wind," "storm," etc., may be translated by the Latin verbs for "to drive," "throw," etc.: the wind has blown off the roof of the farm-house, detexit ventus villam, Pl.: the wind has blown all the tiles from the roof, ventus omnes de tecto deturbavit tegulas, Pl.: the wind had blown me back to Italy, ventus me retulerat in Italiam, Cic.: to be blown back by adverse winds, ventis reflantibus rejici, Cic.: the ships were blown back by a storm, naves tempestate rejectae sunt, Caes.
    2. II. To sound a wind instrument:
      1. 1. inflo, 1 (to b. into): to b. into the light reeds, calamos leves inflare, Virg.: Cic.
      2. 2. flo, 1 (poet.): the flute is blown, tibia flatur, Ov.: v. to sound, PLAY UPON.
    3. III. To shape glass: Phr.: glass is blown, flatu figuratur vitrum, Plin.