puff
puff
v. trans.
P. and V. φῡσᾶν.
Met., exaggerate: P. λόγῳ αἴρειν.
V. intrans. P. and V. φῡσᾶν, V. φῡσιᾶν.
Puff out one’s cheeks: P. τὰς γνάθους φυσᾶν (Dem. 442).
Puff out your right cheek: V. φύσα τὴν γνάθον τὴν δεξιάν (Ar. Thesm. 221).
Puff up, met.: P. and V. χαυνοῦν (Plat.), Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦν, V. ἐκχαυνοῦν, ἐξογκοῦν.
Be puffed up: P. and V. φρονεῖν μέγᾰ, Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦσθαι (also Xen.), Ar. ὀγκύλλεσθαι, V. πνεῖν μεγά̆λᾰ, ἐξογκοῦσθαι; see be proud, under proud.
I was puffed up with folly: V. ἐξηνεμώθην (ἐξανεμοῦν) μωρίᾳ (Eur. And. 938).
v. trans.
P. and V. φῡσᾶν.
Met., exaggerate: P. λόγῳ αἴρειν.
V. intrans. P. and V. φῡσᾶν, V. φῡσιᾶν.
Puff out one’s cheeks: P. τὰς γνάθους φυσᾶν (Dem. 442).
Puff out your right cheek: V. φύσα τὴν γνάθον τὴν δεξιάν (Ar. Thesm. 221).
Puff up, met.: P. and V. χαυνοῦν (Plat.), Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦν, V. ἐκχαυνοῦν, ἐξογκοῦν.
Be puffed up: P. and V. φρονεῖν μέγᾰ, Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦσθαι (also Xen.), Ar. ὀγκύλλεσθαι, V. πνεῖν μεγά̆λᾰ, ἐξογκοῦσθαι; see be proud, under proud.
I was puffed up with folly: V. ἐξηνεμώθην (ἐξανεμοῦν) μωρίᾳ (Eur. And. 938).
puff
subs.
P. and V. φύ̄σημα, τό.
subs.
P. and V. φύ̄σημα, τό.
PUFF PUFF UP
Transitively inflare (PROP. and figuratively): to puff up anybody with pride inflare alicujus animum ad intolerabilem superbiam (of fortune Liv. 43 31).
Intransitively se sufflare or inflare; intumescere (with and without superbia).
Transitively inflare (PROP. and figuratively): to puff up anybody with pride inflare alicujus animum ad intolerabilem superbiam (of fortune Liv. 43 31).
Intransitively se sufflare or inflare; intumescere (with and without superbia).
puff (subs.): expr. by verb: a p. of wind displaced the leaves *disjecit folia levis ventus subito immissus: with a gentle p. of smoke, *fumo leniter (per ora) emisso: decrepit gladiators whom a p. of wind would knock down, decrepiti gladiatores quos si sufflasses cecidissent, Petr. 45, fin. See also PUFFERY .
puff (v.):
A. Trans.:
I. To drive air with a sudden shock: perh. ventum (ventulum) subito emittere: v. preced. art.
II. To puff out; blow out and inflate:
1. inflo, 1: Phaedr. 1, 24, 4 (of the frog in the fable): to p. out the cheeks (in passion), buccas inf., Hor. S. 1, 1, 21.
2. sufflo, 1 (from beneath): by distending the skin and p.ing it out, sufflatae cutis distentu, Plin. 8, 38, 58: Cato.
3. intendo, di, tum (to stretch or distend in any way): Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.
III. Fig.: to swell out with vanity; puff up or out:
1. inflo, 1: to p. up with false hope, animos falsa spe i., Cic. in Pis. 36, 89; with (lit. to) pride, animos ad superbiam i., Liv. 45, 31, med.
2. expr. to be puffed up, by tŭmeo. 2; with incept., tŭmesco, intŭmesco, 3 (to become so): p.'d up with empty pride, tumens inani superbia, Phaedr. 1, 3, 4: also absol., alto stemmate t., Juv. 8, 40. (In Cic. rather, to be agitated or in a ferment: so Hor. Ep 1, 1, 36, laudis amore tumes.) To become p.'d up with "brief authority," jure quodam potestatis intumescere, Quint. 1, 1, 8: Tac.
3. expr. pass. also by, effĕro, ēlātus, 3, irr.: v.ELATED .
IV. Also fig., to praise excessively:
1. vendĭto, 1 (as a vendor does his wares): Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135: Liv.
2. jacto, magnĭfĭcē praedĭco (de aliqua re): v.TO BOAST .
B. Intrans.: to pant and blow: anhēlo, 1: v.TO PANT .
A. Trans.:
I. To drive air with a sudden shock: perh. ventum (ventulum) subito emittere: v. preced. art.
II. To puff out; blow out and inflate:
1. inflo, 1: Phaedr. 1, 24, 4 (of the frog in the fable): to p. out the cheeks (in passion), buccas inf., Hor. S. 1, 1, 21.
2. sufflo, 1 (from beneath): by distending the skin and p.ing it out, sufflatae cutis distentu, Plin. 8, 38, 58: Cato.
3. intendo, di, tum (to stretch or distend in any way): Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.
III. Fig.: to swell out with vanity; puff up or out:
1. inflo, 1: to p. up with false hope, animos falsa spe i., Cic. in Pis. 36, 89; with (lit. to) pride, animos ad superbiam i., Liv. 45, 31, med.
2. expr. to be puffed up, by tŭmeo. 2; with incept., tŭmesco, intŭmesco, 3 (to become so): p.'d up with empty pride, tumens inani superbia, Phaedr. 1, 3, 4: also absol., alto stemmate t., Juv. 8, 40. (In Cic. rather, to be agitated or in a ferment: so Hor. Ep 1, 1, 36, laudis amore tumes.) To become p.'d up with "brief authority," jure quodam potestatis intumescere, Quint. 1, 1, 8: Tac.
3. expr. pass. also by, effĕro, ēlātus, 3, irr.: v.
IV. Also fig., to praise excessively:
1. vendĭto, 1 (as a vendor does his wares): Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135: Liv.
2. jacto, magnĭfĭcē praedĭco (de aliqua re): v.
B. Intrans.: to pant and blow: anhēlo, 1: v.