verb transitive

conflo

2nd PP con-flāre · 3rd PP con-flāvi · 4th PP conātum · conj. 1st

to blow together, to blow up, stir up

to blow together, to blow up, stir up.

to kindle, light

Of fire, to kindle, light.

ignem, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59; Plin. 35, 11, 40, §§ 138 and 143: incendium, Liv.… literal •

Prop.: ignem, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59; Plin. 35, 11, 40, §§ 138 and 143: incendium, Liv. 26, 27, 6.—In medic. lang.: intestina conflata, inflamed, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 18.—

figuratively

to kindle, inflame ••

Of the passions, to kindle, inflame: conflatus amore Ignis, Lucr. 1, 474: invidiam inimico, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; id. Cael. 12, 29; Sall. C. 49, 4: conjurationem, Suet. Ner. 36: cf.: ingens ac terribile bellum, Vell. 2, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 24, 1.—

to bring about, effect, accomplish, bring together, raise, procure; to produce, cause, occasion in general •••

In gen., to bring about, effect, accomplish, bring together, raise, procure; to produce, cause, occasion, etc. (a favorite trope in Cic. and the histt.): quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id, quod quaerimus, honestum, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14; cf. id. Cael. 5, 12: ut una ex duabus naturis conflata videatur, id. N. D. 2, 39, 100: saepe ex Malo principio magna familiaritas Conflata est, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 36: rem divitiasque sanguine civili, Lucr. 3, 70: sensum communibus motibus, id. 3, 335; cf.: consensus conspirans et paene conflatus, melted together, united, Cic. Lig. 12, 34: testes odio, invidiā, gratiā, pecuniā, Quint. 5, 7, 23: injuriam novo scelere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1: exercitum, id. Phil. 4, 6, 15; Vell. 2, 74, 2; Flor. 3, 19, 10: pecuniam, Cic. Sest. 30, 66: aes alienum grande, Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3: accusationem et judicium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 116; cf. judicia, Liv. 3, 36, 8: egestatem rei familiaris luxuriā, Flor. 4, 1, 1: cladem hominum generi, Lucr. 6, 1091: alicui periculum, Cic. Sull. 4, 13: alicui negotium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: in se tantum crimen, id. ib. 2, 2, 29, § 73.—

to melt, fuse; to melt down; make glass by metonymy ••

Meton. (causa pro effectu), to melt, fuse metals, etc., to melt down (most freq. after the Aug. per.): argentum, aes Cyprium et sulphur in fictili, Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131; 7, 56, 57, § 197: argentum (fulmine), Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 1; Dig. 41, 1, 7, § 8: simulacra ex argento et auro fabricata, Suet. Ner. 32: argenteas statuas, id. Aug. 52; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30: vasa aurea, Suet. Aug. 71: coronam auream, id. Galb. 12: falces in ensem, Verg. G. 1, 508: victorias aureas in usum belli, Quint. 9, 2, 92: vitrum, i. e. make glass, Hadr. Imp. ap. Vop. Saturn. 8, 6.

Perseus ID: n10170 Key: conflo