English

Noun

inflatus

1. A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
   • Elizabeth Browning

     The divine breath that blows the nostrils out
     To ineffable inflatus.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of īnflō ‎(“inflate, blow into”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iːnˈflaː.tus/

Participle

īnflātus m ‎(feminine īnflāta, neuter īnflātum); first/second declension

1. inflated, having been blown into
2. (of a wind instrument) having been played
3. puffed up, having become swollen

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• English: inflate
• Old Portuguese: inchado
• Portuguese: inchado, inflado

References

• inflatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inflatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inflatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • inspired: divino quodam spiritu inflatus or tactus
    
  • (ambiguous) a bombastic style: inflatum orationis genus
    
  • (ambiguous) to be proud, arrogant by reason of something: inflatum, elatum esse aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be puffed up with pride: insolentia, superbia inflatum esse