eventilo

ē-ventĭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to set in motion (the air), to fan (post-Aug.).

I.

Lit.:

(aërem graviorem) emendant assiduo linteorum jactatu eventilando,

Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf. Just. 44, 1 fin.: frumenta, to winnow, i. e. to purify by winnowing, Col. 1, 6, 23.—

* II.

Trop.:

opes eventilatae,

i. e. scattered, dissipated, Sid. Ep. 1, 9.