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Definitions of afflatus in various dictionaries:
noun - a strong creative impulse
A strong creative impulse; divine inspiration.
noun - a creative inspiration
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A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration. |
a divine creative impulse or inspiration. |
a strong creative impulse divine inspiration |
A divine creative impulse or inspiration. |
Afflatus description |
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Afflatus is a Latin term that was derived from Cicero in De Natura Deorum, ("The Nature of the Gods") and has been translated as "inspiration". * Cicero's usage was a literalising of "inspiration", which had already become figurative. As "inspiration" had come to mean simply the gathering of a new idea, Cicero reiterated the idea of a rush of unexpected breath, a powerful force that would render the poet helpless and unaware of its origin. * Literally, the Latin afflatus means "to blow upon/toward". It was originally spelt adflatus, made up of ad (to) and flatus (blowing/breathing), the noun form of flre (to blow). It can be taken to mean "to be blown upon" by a divine wind, like its English equivalent inspiration, which comes from inspire, meaning "to breathe/blow onto". * In English, afflatus is used for the literal form of inspiration. It generally refers to not the usual sudden originality but the staggering and stunning blow of a new idea, which the recipient may be unable to explain. |