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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| - | From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|afflatus|lang=la}}, past participle of {{term|afflo||lang=la|to blow on}}. Parallel to {{term|inspiration}} | + | From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|afflatus|lang=la}}, originally {{term|adflatu|lang=en}} (compare English {{term|flatulence||digestive gas, fart|lang=en}}), past participle of {{term|afflo||lang=la|to blow on}}. In artistic sense, introduced by [[Cicero]] in ''{{w|De Natura Deorum}}'' (The Nature of the Gods) (44 BCE) II.167, as alternative to existing and similar {{term|inspiration}} (literally "sucking in air"), which already had a more general and metaphorical sense, to emphasize specifically the initial insight and restore literal overtones. |
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| | # A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. | | # A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. |
| - | #* 44 B.C.: [[Cicero|Marcus Tullius Cicero]] | + | #* '''44 BCE''', [[Cicero|Marcus Tullius Cicero]], ''{{w|De Natura Deorum}},'' II.167: |
| - | #*: No man was ever great without a touch of divine '''afflatus''' (Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo '''adflatu''' divino umquam fuit. ''De Natura Deorum'' II.167) | + | #*:Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo '''adflatu''' divino umquam fuit. |
| - | #* 1949: [[w:H. L. Mencken|H. L. Mencken]], ''The Divine '''Afflatus''''' | + | #*::No man was ever great without a touch of divine '''afflatus''' |
| | + | #*::(Translation and quoted in 1949: {{w|H. L. Mencken}}, ''The Divine '''Afflatus''''') |
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| | + | ====Related terms==== |
| | + | * [[flatulence]] |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
