sufflāmĭno

I. to hold back by a clog, to clog, check. *

I. Lit.: rotam Ixionis, Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. (Apocol.) 14, 3.—*

II. Trop., to stay, check, repress in speaking: tanta illi erat velocitas orationis, ut vitium fieret. Itaque D. Augustus optime dixit, Aterius noster sufflaminandus est, Sen. Exc. Contr. 4, praef. § 7.