wind (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit. and Fig.1. ventus2. aura (gentle w., usually)3. flāmen, ĭnis, n. (blast; poet.)4. flātus, ūsII. Flatulency • wind (subs.): I. Lit. and Fig.: 1. ventus: the air flowing to and fro makes w.s, aer effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: the sea is agitated by the violence of the w.s, mare ventorum vi agitatur atque turbatur, Cic. Clu. 49, 138: the w. rises, ventus increbrescit, id. Fam. 7, 20: to run before the w., dare vela ventis, Nep. Annib. 8: to sail with a side w., obliquare sinus velorum ad ventum, Virg. Aen. 5, 16: to be wind-bound, vento teneri, Caes.: the gods have lulled the w.s, Dii stravere ventos, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 10: to waste words on the w.s, ventis verba profundere, Lucr. 4, 932: having got a favourable w., ventum nactus secundum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23. 2. aura (gentle w., usually): deceitful w., fallax aura, Hor. Od. 1, 5, 11: the canvass rent by the boisterous w.s, carbasus perscissa petulantibus auris, Lucr. 6, 111. 3. flāmen, ĭnis, n. (blast; poet.): like the rising w.s, when they rage in the woods, ceu flamina prima cum fremunt silvis, Virg. Aen. 10, 97. 4. flātus, ūs: when we enjoy a favourable w. of fortune, we are wafted to our wished-for haven, quum prospero flatu fortunae utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19. Phr.: that I long ago perceived and got w. of, id jam pridem sensi et subolebat mihi, Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 7. II. Flatulency: q. v.