īn-flō āvī, ātus, āre, to blow into, blow, inflate, swell: simul inflavit tibicen: paulo inflavit vehementius, i. e. wrote in a loftier style: calamos levīs, V.: (bucina) cecinit inflata receptūs, O.: pellem, Ph.: illis ambas Iratus buccas, puff out his cheeks at them, H.: tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro, is swelled, V.: Inflatus venas Iaccho, V.

—To produce by blowing, blow: sonum.

—To make loud by blowing: verba inflata, uttered with violent breath: a quibus (modis) aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, is pitched low or high.

—Fig., to inspire, encourage, elate: poetam divino spiritu inflari: spectator sedulus inflat (poetam), H.: mendaciis spem regis, L.

—To puff up, inflate: animos ad superbiam, L.: Crescentem tumidis sermonibus utrem, H.