a warm 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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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.

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.

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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tĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [tepeo], moderately warm, lukewarm, tepid (cf.: calidus, fervidus).

Lit.:

frigidum aliquid et calidum novimus: inter utrumque tepidum est. Si tepido illi plus frigidi ingessero, fiet frigidum: si plus calidi affudero, fiet novissime calidum,

Sen. Ep. 92, 21; so,

calidus tepidusque vapor,

Lucr. 2, 858:

tactus,

id. 6, 1165:

lac,

Ov. M. 7, 247:

jus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 81:

sol,

id. Ep. 1, 20, 19:

brumae,

id. C. 2, 6, 17:

cruor,

Verg. A. 6, 248:

foci,

Ov. F. 2, 646:

rogi,

id. H. 6, 90; id. Tr. 1, 5, 12:

Notus,

id. P. 4, 10, 43:

Berenicida,

Luc. 9, 524:

aqua,

Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123; 31, 2, 2, § 4.— Comp.:

fastigia tepidiora,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

dies,

id. ib. 3, 10, 3; Plin. 10, 59, 79, § 163.— Sup.:

cubiculum hieme tepidissimum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24. —

Trop., opp. to heat, ardor, lukewarm, cooled, faint, languid, etc.:

tepidam recalescere mentem,

Ov. R. Am. 629; so,

mens,

id. A. A. 2, 445:

ignes,

id. M. 11, 225; id. Am. 2, 19, 15:

adflarant tepidae pectora vestra faces,

id. R. Am. 434.— Adv.: tĕpĭdē, tepidly, lukewarmly.

Lit., Col. 8, 5, 19. — Comp., Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25; Lampr. Comm. 1, § 9.—

Trop., without warmth, flatly:

tepidissime hoc dicebat,

Aug. Conf. 8, 11 med.