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S / sufflāmĭno
verb transitive

sufflāmĭno

2nd PP sufflāmĭnāre · conj. 1st
to hold back by a clog; to clog; check
to hold back by a clog, to clog, check. *
Lit.: rotam Ixionis, Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. (Apocol.) 14, 3.—*
to stay; check; repress figuratively •
Trop., to stay, check, repress in speaking: tanta illi erat velocitas orationis, ut vitium fieret. Itaque D. Augustus optime dixit, Aterius noster sufflaminandus est, Sen. Exc. Contr. 4, praef. § 7.
Perseus ID: n46430 Key: sufflamino