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ĭn-hālo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I.a., to breathe at or upon: “cerae,” Lact. Ira D. 10, 20: “alicui popinam,” the smell of food that has been eaten, Cic. Pis. 6, 13. —
B. To breathe the odor of something: inhalantes horti floribus, Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 21, 69. —
II. Transf., to breathe upon, as a magical rite: “surculis et lapillis inhalatis,” App. M. 2, p. 116, 37.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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