noun
rĕflātus
Meaning
- a blowing against
rĕflātus, ūs, m. id.,
I. a blowing against, blowing:
navigium reflatu beluae oppletum unda, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15; concr., a contrary wind: naves delatas Uticam reflatu hoc, * Cic. Att. 12, 2, 1. — II. Trop., reaction:
doceat me, si potest, quae sit illa vis (sc. fortunae), qui flatus iste, et qui reflatus, Lact. 3, 28, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(reflātus) abl. ū, m
reflo, a contrary wind : navīs delatas Uticam reflatu hoc.