I.a clog, break, drag-chain, to check the motion of a wheel.
I. Lit.: “rotam astringit multo sufflamine,” Juv. 8, 148: “tardat sufflamine currum,” Prud. Psych. 417.—
II. Trop., a clog, hinderance, impediment (post-class.): “nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis,” Juv. 16, 50; Inscr. Grut. 180, 3.