in-hālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to breathe at or upon: cerae, Lact. Ira D. 10, 20: alicui popinam, the smell of food that has been eaten, Cic. Pis. 6, 13.

— To breathe the odor of something: inhalantes horti floribus, Ambros. Hexaem. 5, 21, 69.

— Transf., to breathe upon, as a magical rite: surculis et lapillis inhalatis, App. M. 2, p. 116, 37.