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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.

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