flĕo Copy link Outline I. Neutr.A. Lit., to weep, cry, shed tearsB. Transf. *1. Of horses, to neigh2. Of things, to drop, trickleII. Act., to weep for, bewail, lament, a person or thing; ...(b). With object-clause ⓘflent | ve: pres ind act 3rd pl • flĕo, flēvi, flētum, 2 (contr. forms flēsti, Ov. H. 5, 43; 45: flēmus, Prop. 2, 7, 2; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 291: flērunt, Verg. G. 4, 461; Stat. S. 2, 1, 175: flēsset, id. ib. 145: flēsse, Ov. M. 6, 404; Liv. 30, 44, 7), v. n. and a. [for flev-o, root φλυ-; Gr. φλύω, to bubble up, etc.; L. fluo, fluvius, etc.; cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301 sq.]. I. Neutr. A. Lit., to weep, cry, shed tears (syn.: ploro, lugeo, lacrimo): maerentes, flentes, lacrimantes, commiserantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. 107 ed. Vahl.): fleo, quia dijungimur, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18: quin fles, id. Ps. 1, 1, 73: nimium haec flet, id. Mil. 4, 8, 14: ne fle, mulier! id. Ep. 4, 2, 31: quid fles, Asterie? Hor. C. 3, 7, 1: ille me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat, Cic. Rep. 6, 14 fin.: haec cum pluribus verbis flens a Caesare peteret, Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 26, 3; id. B. C. 1, 76, 1; 3, 98, 2: deceptus quoniam flevit et ipse, deus, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 54: felix qui potuit praesenti flere puellae, before, in the presence of, Prop. 1, 12, 15; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 64: o multa fleturum caput! Hor. Epod. 5, 74: lapides mehercule omnes flere et lamentari coëgisses, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245.—Pass. impers.: ad sepulcrum venimus: in ignem posita est: fletur, Ter. And. 1, 1, 102: minus est, quod flendum meo nomine quam quod gaudendum illius est, Quint. 6 praef. § 8; so id. 6, 2, 3; 11, 1, 52.— B. Transf. * 1. Of horses, to neigh: equorum greges comperit ubertim flere, Suet. Caes. 81.— 2. Of things, to drop, trickle (ante- and post-class.): uberibus flent omnia guttis, Lucr. 1, 349: flevit in templis ebur, Sen. Thyest. 702: imber, Prud. Cath. 5, 24. II. Act., to weep for, bewail, lament, a person or thing; to sing mournfully (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; once in Cic.): He. Ne fle. Er. Egone illum non fleam? egone non defleam Talem adolescentem? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 36: unicum (filium) mater, Cat. 39, 5: parentes Troĭlon, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17: Gygen, id. ib. 3, 7, 1; amissas amicitias, Cat. 96, 4: * Pisonem eis verbis flens meum casum vexavit, Cic. Sest. 28, 60: filii necem, Tac. A. 6, 10; 2, 71: suam vicem, Curt. 10, 5, 21: servitutem tristem, Phaedr. 1, 2, 6: amissum conjugem, Just. 28, 4, 4: fidem mutatosque deos, Hor. C. 1, 5, 6: moechos arrogantes, id. ib. 1, 25, 10: catellam raptam sibi, id. Ep. 1, 17, 56: amorem testudine, id. Epod. 14, 11: feralia carmina, to sing, Col. poët. 10, 350: virum, Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1: amissum fratrem, id. ib. 4, 29, 8: adlatum ad se Pompeii caput, id. ib. 10, 32, 1.—In part. perf.: multum fleti ad superos, bewailed, lamented, Verg. A. 6, 481; Stat. Th. 4, 103.— β. With object-clause: agmina septem Flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ, Prop. 1, 7, 18; Val. Fl. 1, 633.—Hence, flē-tus, a, um, P. a., weeping: mater fleta et lacrimosa, App. M. 7, p. 199 fin. (but in Lucr. 2, 631 the correct read. is sanguinolenti).
flo Copy link Outline I. Neutr., to blowII. Act., to blow, blow at, blow out, blow up ...A. Lit.2. Transf., to cast or coin metals by blowingB. Trop. ⓘflent | ve: pres subj act 3rd pl • flo, flāvi, flātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root fla-; Gr. ἐκ-φλαίνω, to stream forth; φλασμός, vain-glorying; hence, Lat. flatus, flabrum, etc., flos, flōreo, Flōra; Germ. blasen, blähen; Eng. blow, bloom, blast, etc., Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301; cf. Grimm, Wörterb. s. v. blähen, blasen]. I. Neutr., to blow (class.; cf.: spiro, halo): belle nobis flavit ab Epiro lenissimus ventus, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1: corus ventus in his locis flare consuevit, Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3; id. B. C. 3, 25, 1; 3, 26 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 67; Ov. M. 7, 664: Etesiae contra fluvium flantes, Lucr. 6, 717: quinam flaturi sint venti, Plin. 3, 9, 14, § 94: inflexo Berecynthia tibia cornu Flabit, will blow, sound, Ov. F. 4, 181.—Prov.: simul flare sorbereque haud factu facile'st: ego hic esse et illic simitu hau potui, i. e. to do two opposite things at once, as we say, to blow hot and cold with the same breath, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 104.— II. Act., to blow, blow at, blow out, blow up, or blow away (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.). A. Lit.: hieme anima, quae flatur, omnium apparet, which is emitted, Varr. L. L. 6, § 9 Müll.: Chimaera Ore foras acrem flaret de corpore flammam. Lucr. 5, 906: pulvis vento flatus, Auct. B. Afr. 52, 4: tibia flatur, is blown, Ov. F. 4, 341: Phrygius lapis flatur follibus, donec rubescat, is blown upon, Plin. 36, 19, 36, § 143.— 2. Transf., to cast or coin metals by blowing: aes antiquissimum, quod est flatum, pecore est notatum, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: flata signataque pecunia, Gell. 2, 10, 3.—Hence, the directors of the mint were called triumviri auro argento aeri flando feriundo (abbrev. III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F.), Inscr. Orell. 569; v. ferio.— B. Trop.: omisso magna semper flandi tumore, of high-flown, bombastic talk, Quint. 12, 6, 5: spernere succina, flare rosas, Fulva monilia respuere, qs. to blow away, i. e. to despise, Prud. στεφ. 3, 21.
flĕō Copy link Outline 1 intr., pleurer, verser des larmes : || on pleure || [poét.] = ...2 tr., pleurer qqn ou qqch. : [poet.] || dire en pleurant : ... ⓘflent | ve: pres ind act 3rd pl • flĕō, ēvī, ētum, ēre, 1. intr., pleurer, verser des larmes : Cic. de Or. 1, 245 ; Cæs. G. 1, 20, 5 || fletur Quint. 6, 2, 3, on pleure || [poét.] = suinter : Lucr. 1, 349 2. tr., pleurer qqn ou qqch. : Pl. Capt. 139 ; [poet.] Cic. Tusc. 2, 21 ; Sest. 60 || dire en pleurant : Col. Rust. 10, 350 || [avec prop. infin.] déplorer que : Prop. 1, 7, 18 || [fig.] laisser couler, distiller : Prud. Perist. 10, 705. ➳ pf. sync. flesti Ov. H. 5, 43 ; flerunt Virg. G. 4, 461 ; flesset Stat. S. 2, 1, 145 ; flesse Liv. 30, 44, 7.
flō Copy link Outline 1 intr., souffler :2 tr.,a) exhaler : vomir des flammes ; le souffle qu'on exhale ;b) souffler dans un instrument ; la flûte résonne ; [poét.] embouchant la ...c) faire fondre [des métaux] : frapper de l'argent, monnayer ; cf.d) [fig.] lancer de grands mots, cf. . ⓘflent | ve: pres subj act 3rd pl • flō, āvī, ātum, āre, 1. intr., souffler : Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1 ; Cæs. G. 5, 7, 3 2. tr., a) exhaler : flammam Lucr. 5, 906, vomir des flammes ; anima quæ flatur Varro L. 6, 9, le souffle qu'on exhale ; b) souffler dans un instrument ; tibia flatur Ov. F. 4, 341, la flûte résonne ; [poét.] Pieria prœlia flare tuba Mart. 11, 3, 8, embouchant la trompette des Piérides chanter les combats ; c) faire fondre [des métaux] : flare pecuniam Cic. Sest. 66, frapper de l'argent, monnayer ; cf. Gell. 2, 10, 3 ; d) [fig.] magna flare Quint. 12, 6, 5, lancer de grands mots, cf. Gell. 1, 2, 6.