vapor

văpor (ante-class. form văpos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 10; Lucr. 6, 952; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. kapis, incense; Gr. kapuô, kapnos, smoke; cf. vappa], steam, exhalation, vapor (syn. exhalatio).

In gen.:

aquarum vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis et ex aquis excitantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

aquarum quasi vapor quidam aër habendus est,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27; Lucr. 6, 271:

aquae calidae,

Cels. 7, 7, 10; Scrib. Comp. 20:

terrenus vapor siccus est et fumo similis, qui ventos, tonitrua et fulmina facit: aquarum halitus umidus est et imbres et nives creat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 4:

nocturnos formidare vapores,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 93: volat vapor ater ad auras. smoke, Verg. A. 7, 466; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 40; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Sen. Herc. Fur. 911.—

In partic., a warm exhalation, warmth, heat, etc.

Lit.:

(terra semen) tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffundit,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51: aestifer ignis uti lumen jacit atque vaporem, Lucr. 1, 663:

solis,

id. 1, 1032; 2, 150; 4, 185; 4, 201; 6, 236; Curt. 7, 5, 3;

of the heat of the thunderbolt: inusta vaporis signa,

Lucr. 6, 220:

finditque vaporibus arva (Phoebus),

Ov. M. 3, 152:

siderum,

Hor. Epod. 3, 15:

lentusque carinas Est vapor,

Verg. A. 5, 683; cf. id. ib. 698:

locus torridus et vaporis plenus,

Liv. 5, 48, 1:

vapore foveri,

Cels. 7, 7, 2; 7, 7, 10; 7, 9 fin.; 8, 4; 8, 7; Col. 1, 4, 10; 7, 3, 8 al.—

Trop., warmth, ardor of love:

pectus insanum vapor amorque torret,

Sen. Hippol. 640.

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văpor (ante-class. form văpos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 10; Lucr. 6, 952; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. kapis, incense; Gr. kapuô, kapnos, smoke; cf. vappa], steam, exhalation, vapor (syn. exhalatio).

In gen.:

aquarum vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis et ex aquis excitantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

aquarum quasi vapor quidam aër habendus est,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27; Lucr. 6, 271:

aquae calidae,

Cels. 7, 7, 10; Scrib. Comp. 20:

terrenus vapor siccus est et fumo similis, qui ventos, tonitrua et fulmina facit: aquarum halitus umidus est et imbres et nives creat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 4:

nocturnos formidare vapores,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 93: volat vapor ater ad auras. smoke, Verg. A. 7, 466; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 40; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Sen. Herc. Fur. 911.—

In partic., a warm exhalation, warmth, heat, etc.

Lit.:

(terra semen) tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffundit,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51: aestifer ignis uti lumen jacit atque vaporem, Lucr. 1, 663:

solis,

id. 1, 1032; 2, 150; 4, 185; 4, 201; 6, 236; Curt. 7, 5, 3;

of the heat of the thunderbolt: inusta vaporis signa,

Lucr. 6, 220:

finditque vaporibus arva (Phoebus),

Ov. M. 3, 152:

siderum,

Hor. Epod. 3, 15:

lentusque carinas Est vapor,

Verg. A. 5, 683; cf. id. ib. 698:

locus torridus et vaporis plenus,

Liv. 5, 48, 1:

vapore foveri,

Cels. 7, 7, 2; 7, 7, 10; 7, 9 fin.; 8, 4; 8, 7; Col. 1, 4, 10; 7, 3, 8 al.—

Trop., warmth, ardor of love:

pectus insanum vapor amorque torret,

Sen. Hippol. 640.

vapor, smell, reek, odor.

văpōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [vapor]

Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.

Lit.:

aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,

Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5:

aquae fontanae vaporantes,

Sol. 21.—

Trop., to glow, burn:

invidiā quoniam, ceu fulmine, summa vaporant Plerumque,

Lucr. 5, 1132.—

Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm:

vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),

Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6:

templum ture vaporant,

fumigate, perfume, Verg. A. 11, 481:

altaria,

Stat. Th. 1, 455:

vaporato caespite,

Calp. Ecl. 2, 62:

cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,

i. e. are suffocated by the fumes, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95:

glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,

warmed, Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.:

laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7:

dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,

to be steamed, to receive the vapor, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170:

oculos spongiis expressis,

Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.:

morbi, quos vaporari oportet,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.:

inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,

Pers. 1, 126.

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af-flo (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Lit., to blow or breathe on; constr. with acc. or dat.—Of the air:

udam (fabam) ventus adflavit,

Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155:

adflantur vineta noto,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 146:

crinem sparsum cervicibus adflare,

Ov. M. 1, 542:

adflatus aurā,

Suet. Tib. 72. —Also of other things which exert an influence upon bodies, like a current of air; e. g. fire, light, vapor, etc.: et calidum membris adflare vaporem, and breathe a glow (lit. a warm vapor) upon our limbs, Lucr. 5, 508:

veiut illis Canidia adflāsset,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 95:

nos ubi primus equis oriens adflavit anhelis,

Verg. G. 1, 250; cf. id. A. 5, 739:

ignibus (fulminum) adflari,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 22:

adflati incendio,

touched, scorched, Liv. 30, 6:

flammā ex Aetnā monte,

id. Fragm. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 472.—So, adflari sidere = siderari, to be seized with torpor or paralysis (v. sideror and sideratio), Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108:

odores, qui adflarentur e floribus,

were wafted, exhaled, Cic. Sen. 17; Prop. 3, 27, 17.—

Trop., to blow or breathe to or on.

As v. act., to bear or bring to; constr. alicui aliquid:

sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari voluntatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13:

rumoris nescio quid adflaverat, frequentiam non fuisse,

id. Att. 16, 5: alicui aliquid mali faucibus adflare, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49.—So poet.: adflare alicui honores, to breathe beauty upon one, i. e. to impart to, Verg. A. 1, 591:

indomitis gregibus Venus adflat amores,

Tib. 2, 4, 57.—

As v. neutr., to be favorable to, to be friendly or propitious to:

Felix, cui placidus leniter adflat Amor,

Tib. 2, 1, 80.

af-flo (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Lit., to blow or breathe on; constr. with acc. or dat.—Of the air:

udam (fabam) ventus adflavit,

Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155:

adflantur vineta noto,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 146:

crinem sparsum cervicibus adflare,

Ov. M. 1, 542:

adflatus aurā,

Suet. Tib. 72. —Also of other things which exert an influence upon bodies, like a current of air; e. g. fire, light, vapor, etc.: et calidum membris adflare vaporem, and breathe a glow (lit. a warm vapor) upon our limbs, Lucr. 5, 508:

veiut illis Canidia adflāsset,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 95:

nos ubi primus equis oriens adflavit anhelis,

Verg. G. 1, 250; cf. id. A. 5, 739:

ignibus (fulminum) adflari,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 22:

adflati incendio,

touched, scorched, Liv. 30, 6:

flammā ex Aetnā monte,

id. Fragm. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 472.—So, adflari sidere = siderari, to be seized with torpor or paralysis (v. sideror and sideratio), Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108:

odores, qui adflarentur e floribus,

were wafted, exhaled, Cic. Sen. 17; Prop. 3, 27, 17.—

Trop., to blow or breathe to or on.

As v. act., to bear or bring to; constr. alicui aliquid:

sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari voluntatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13:

rumoris nescio quid adflaverat, frequentiam non fuisse,

id. Att. 16, 5: alicui aliquid mali faucibus adflare, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49.—So poet.: adflare alicui honores, to breathe beauty upon one, i. e. to impart to, Verg. A. 1, 591:

indomitis gregibus Venus adflat amores,

Tib. 2, 4, 57.—

As v. neutr., to be favorable to, to be friendly or propitious to:

Felix, cui placidus leniter adflat Amor,

Tib. 2, 1, 80.

aura, ae ( gen. sing. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, like familias, custodias, terras, etc.; Servius gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; still all the MSS. give aurae, and so Rib.), f., = aura [AÔ, auô, to blow].

The air, as in gentle motion, a gentle breeze, a breath of air (syn.:

aër, ventus, spiritus): agitatus aër auram facit,

Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur;

frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5:

flatus, qui non aura, non procella, sed venti sunt,

Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116:

et me... nunc omnes terrent aurae,

now every breeze terrifies me, Verg. A. 2, 728:

Concutiat tenerum quaelibet aura,

Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence,

Transf.

In gen., a breeze, a wind (even when violent):

Et reserata viget genitabilis aura Favoni,

Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282:

omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

Verg. E. 9, 58:

aurae Vela vocant,

id. A. 3, 356:

aura post meridiem,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 8:

aura tenuis,

ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12:

lenis, ib. Job, 4, 16: petulans,

Lucr. 6, 111:

ignarae,

brutish, Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis:

rapida,

Ov. M. 3, 209:

stridens,

Val. Fl. 2, 586:

violentior,

Stat. Th. 6, 157:

aurae flatus,

Vulg. Act. 27, 40:

omnes eos tollet aura,

ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also breath:

flammas exsuscitat aura,

Ov. F. 5, 507.—

Trop.: dum flavit velis aura secunda meis, while a favorable breeze breathed on my sails, i. e. so long as I was in prosperity, Ov. P. 2, 3, 26:

totam opinionem parva non numquam commutat aura rumoris,

Cic. Mur. 17:

tenuis famae aura,

Verg. A. 7, 646:

quem neque periculi tempestas neque honoris aura potuit umquam de suo cursu aut spe aut metu demovere,

Cic. Sest. 47 fin.:

levi aurā spei objectā,

Liv. 42, 39, 1:

sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari in hoc crimine voluntatis defensionisque eorum, quibus, etc.,

token of favor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13:

nescius aurae (sc. amoris) Fallacis,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11:

incerta Cupidinis aura,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 33.—Hence freq. aura popularis, the popular breeze, popular favor, Cic. Har. Resp. 20 fin.; Liv. 3, 33, 7; 30, 45, 6 al.; Hor. C. 3, 2, 20; Quint. 11, 1, 45 (cf.:

ventus popularis,

Cic. Clu. 47, 130); so,

aura favoris popularis,

Liv. 22, 26, 4.—Also in plur.:

nimium gaudens popularibus auris,

Verg. A. 6, 816; and absol.:

adliciendo ad se plebem jam aurā non consilio ferri,

Liv. 6, 11, 7.—

1.. The air (mostly poet. and plur.):

cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,

Lucr. 6, 190:

Tenvis enim quaedam moribundos deserit aura,

id. 3, 232:

Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores,

id. 5, 236:

(anima) discedit in auras,

id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591;

4, 693: liquidissimus aether Atque levissimus aërias super influit auras,

id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933:

Nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras,

Tib. 4, 1, 127:

Qui tamen aërias telum contorsit in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520.—

Esp., the vital air:

Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras,

breathes a breath of ethereal air, Lucr. 3, 405;

imitated by Verg.: haud invisus caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus auris, i. e. vivere,

Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so,

haurire auram communem,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

12: captare naribus auras,

to snuff the air, Verg. G. 1, 376.— Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to catch at the air of freedom, i. e. to seize upon any hope of liberty, Liv 3, 37, 1.—

Meton.

The upper air, Heaven, on high:

assurgere in auras,

Verg. G. 3, 109; so id. A. 4, 176:

dum se laetus ad auras Palmes agit,

id. G. 2, 363:

ad auras Aetherias tendit,

id. ib. 2, 291; so id. A. 4, 445: stat ferrea turris ad auras, poet. for ad alta, rises high, id. ib. 6, 554: Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos, id. ib. 3, 422; 7, 466; 2, 759; 5, 427 al.; cf. Wagner, Quaest. Verg. X. 1.—

In opp. to the lower world, the upper world (cf. aether, I. B. 3.):

Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras,

Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128:

Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras,

Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos);

so of childbirth: pondus in auras expulit,

Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for publicity, daylight:

ferre sub auras,

i. e. to make known, Verg. A. 2, 158:

reddere ad auras,

to restore, id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to seclude or hide one ' s self, id. ib. 4, 388.—

Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc.

A bright light, a gleam, glittering (cf. phaeos aütmê, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117):

discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit,

Verg. A. 6, 204 (splendor auri, Serv.).—

The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—

Sound, tone, voice, echo:

Si modo damnatum revocaverit aura puellae,

Prop. 3, 23, 15:

at illi Nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert,

id. 1, 20, 50.—

Vapor, mist, odor, exhalation:

inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram,

Lucr. 2, 851:

at illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura,

a sweet odor exhaled, Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394:

si tantum notas odor attulit auras,

Verg. G. 3, 251:

pingues ab ovilibus aurae,

Stat. Th. 10, 46.

cālīgo ( call-), ĭnis, f. [root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella], a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

suffundere caelum caligine,

Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92:

(ignis) piceă crassus caligine,

Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7:

densa caligo occaecaverat diem,

id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,

Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

caligo aestuosa,

Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57:

nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,

id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.:

inter caligines,

Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,

Transf.

(Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae;

class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,

i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3:

erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,

id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit;

sole orto est discussa,

id. 29, 27, 7:

nox terram caligine texit,

Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649:

caeca noctis,

id. 4, 457:

caecae umbra,

id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203:

quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,

Ov. M. 4, 455:

ara obscurā caligine tecta,

Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.:

caligo tenebrarum,

Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.;

and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,

App. M. 9, p. 214.—

Trop.

In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception:

quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen [p. 270] per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207:

Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,

to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —

Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom:

vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

superioris anni,

id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt?

id. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16:

quaedam scelerum offusa caligo,

Quint. 9, 3, 47.—

In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.

cālīgo, āre, v. n. [1. caligo].

To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek:

amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.:

omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,

Verg. A. 2, 606.—

Transf.

To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy:

caligare oculos,

darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —

Poet.:

altae caligantesque fenestrae,

dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—

Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about:

orbatae caligant vela carinae,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 238:

caligare ad pervidendum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1:

virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.:

rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,

Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.:

caligare in sole,

to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—

In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.— Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted:

caligans Thyestes,

Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

nĕbŭla, ae, f. [like nubes; Sanscr. nabhas; Lat. aër, caelum; Gr. nephelê], mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation (syn.: nubes, nimbus).

Lit.: fluviis ex omnibus et simul ipsa Surgere de terrā nebulas aestumque videmus, etc., Lucr. 6, 477; Verg. A. 8, 258:

tenuem exhalat nebulam,

id. G. 2, 217. — Poet., of the clouds:

nebulae pluviique rores,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 56; Verg. A. 1, 412; 439 (for which, nubes, id. ib. 587; Ov. M. 6, 21. —Of smoke, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 31.—Of any thing soft or transparent:

nebula haud est mollis, atque hujus est,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

desine Inter ludere virgines Et stellis nebulam spargere candidis,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6.—

Prov.: nebulae cyathus, of any thing worthless, trifling,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 62.—

—Personified = Nephele,

Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3.—

Transf., a foggy mist, a vapor, cloud:

pulveris nebula,

Lucr. 5, 253:

nebulae dolia summa tegunt,

Ov. F. 5, 269:

pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae,

Pers. 5, 181; Sil. 6, 281: per nebulam audire, aut scire aliquid, to hear or know a thing indistinctly, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Capt. 5, 4, 26 (for which:

quasi per caliginem videre,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 2).—

A thin, transparent substance; of a thin garment: aequum est induere nuptam ventum textilem, Palam prostare nudam in nebulā lineā, Laber. ap. Petr. 55;

of a thin plate of metal,

Mart. 8, 33, 3.—

Trop., darkness, obscurity:

erroris nebula,

Juv. 10, 4:

nebulae quaestionum,

obscure, puzzling questions, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.:

suspicionum nebulae,

vague suspicions, Amm. 14, 1, 4.—Of something empty, trifling, worthless:

grande locuturi nebulas Helicone legunto,

Pers. 5, 7 (for which:

nubes et inania captare,

Hor. A. P. 230).

văpĭdus, a, um, adj. [vapor], that has emitted steam or vapor, i. e. that has lost its life and spirit, spoiled, flat, vapid.

Lit.:

vinum,

Col. 12, 5, 1.—

Transf., spoiled, bad.

Lit.:

pix,

Pers. 5, 148.—

Trop.:

astutam vapido servas sub pectore vulpem,

Pers. 5, 117.— Adv.: văpĭdē, poorly, badly, ill:

se habere, for male se habere, a favorite expression of Augustus,

Suet. Aug. 87.

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