con-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow together, to blow up, stir up.
- I. Of fire, to kindle, light.
- A. 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.
- B. Trop.
- 1. 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.
- 2. 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, id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: in se tantum crimen, id. ib. 2, 2, 29, § 73.
- II. 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.