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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰleh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈĩː.fɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈiɱ.flo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnflō''' (present infinitive īnflāre, perfect active īnflāvī, supine īnflātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] and [[flō]] “to blow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of puffing out, and Plautus has ''age, iam īnflā buccās'' “come on, puff out your cheeks”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to fill with air, inflate, puff out, as in Plautus, and of the wind to blow on, as in Lucilius, and Cato has ''aquam in ōs īnflāre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Varro it meant to blow a wind instrument, in Virgil to swell, of a river, and in Cicero to puff up with conceit.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''enfiare'', Spanish ''inchar'' and Romanian ''umfla'', and its participle ''īnflātus'' gave [[en|inflate]] in the early 15th century, “to cause to swell”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of wind instruments.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of conceit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''inflate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To blow on.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|inflate]], puff out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To blow (an instrument).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To swell.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To puff up (with pride).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adīnflō]]

+ * [[inflamen]]

+ * [[īnflātiō]]

+ * [[inflātus]]

+ * [[subinflo]]

+ * [[īnflātilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flō]]

+ * [[en|inflate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}