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a fierce battle

  • 1 procella

    prŏcella, ae, f [pro and root kel; Gr. kelês, runner; cf.: celer, celox], a violent wind (by which things are prostrated), a storm, hurricane, tempest (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    procella distat latitudine a vortice et a turbine disjectā nube verius quam ruptā,

    Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 133:

    turbinis inmanem vim provomit atque procellae,

    Lucr. 6, 447:

    imbres, nimbi, procellae, turbines,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 17:

    creber procellis Africus,

    Verg. A. 1, 85:

    stridens Aquilone procella,

    id. ib. 1, 102:

    si mugiat Africis Malus procellis,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 58; 2, 9, 3:

    praecipites,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 35:

    navis quassata procellā,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 17:

    raperent mea poma procellae, id. Nux, 163: procella nivem effuderat,

    Curt. 3, 13, 7:

    imbrem excusserant procellae,

    id. 4, 7, 14:

    Thalle, turbidā rapacior procellā,

    Cat. 25, 4.—With gen.:

    validi venti collecta procella,

    Lucr. 6, 124.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (Mostly in plur.) A storm, tumult, violence, commotion, vehemence:

    tempestates et procellas in illis fluctibus concionum,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5 (also cited ap. Quint. 8, 6, 48, and particularly mentioned as a figure, id. 8, 6, 48, § 7):

    vita tranquilla et quieta remota a procellis invidiarum,

    Cic. Clu. 56, 153:

    ut procellam temporis devitaret,

    id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

    patriae,

    id. Dom. 53, 137:

    agitari tribuniciis procellis,

    Liv. 2, 1; cf.:

    seditionum procellae,

    id. 28, 25:

    procellae civiles,

    civil commotions, Nep. Att. 10, 6; cf.:

    ferimur procellā,

    Verg. A. 7, 594; Ov. M. 13, 656.—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A charge, onset, sudden attack of cavalry:

    hac velut procellā ita consternavit equos, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 41 fin.:

    equestrem procellam excitemus oportet,

    id. 30, 18:

    equestris,

    id. 29, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53.—
    2.
    In gen., of a fierce battle:

    hic secunda belli Punici procella desaevit,

    Flor. 2, 6, 12; Luc. 8, 203.—
    3.
    Of a storm of eloquence:

    priusquam illam eloquentiae procellam effunderet (Ulixes),

    Quint. 11, 3, 158:

    contionum,

    id. 8, 6, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > procella

  • 2 crūdēscō

        crūdēscō duī, —, ere, inch.    [crudus], to increase in violence, be aggravated, grow worse: coepit crudescere morbus, V.: seditio, Ta.
    * * *
    crudescere, crudui, - V INTRANS
    become fierce/violent/savage/hard (persons/battle/disease); grow worse (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > crūdēscō

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