conflagro

con-flā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to burn up (rare; mostly in Cic.).

Neutr., to burn, be consumed.

Prop.:

conflagrare terras necesse sit a tantis ardoribus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 92:

classis populi Romani praedonum incendio conflagrabat,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92; Liv. 30, 7, 9: tabulae simul conflagraverant, * Suet. Vesp. 8; Col. 2, 2, 28.—

Trop.:

an te non existimas invidiae incendio conflagraturum?

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 29; Liv. 24, 26, 3:

flagitiorum invidiā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 41:

amoris flammā,

id. ib. 2, 5, 35, § 92; cf.:

ubi conflagrassent Sidicini, ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

Liv. 7, 30, 12.—

Act. (rare; in verb. finit. only late Lat.):

Juppiter Semelen conflagravit,

Hyg. Fab. 179; cf. Schol. ad Hor. Epod. 5, 63.—In part. perf.: conflagratus, burnt up:

urbs acerbissimo incendio,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12 dub.: regiones, App. de Mundo, p. 73, 32.

dēflā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

To burn down, to be consumed by fire (freq. only in Cic.; cf. conflagro).

Neutr.

Lit.:

qua nocte natus esset Alexander, eadem Dianae Ephesiae templum deflagravisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27 fin.; id. Div. 1, 17; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; id. Ac. 2, 37 fin.; Liv. 5, 53 fin.; 10, 44; Suet. Tib. 48:

Phaëthon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

Cic. Off. 3, 25.—

Trop., to perish, be destroyed:

communi incendio malint quam suo deflagrare,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99:

ruere ac deflagrare omnia passuri estis?

Liv. 3, 52.—

Act. (very rare): fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19:

quae (sol) proxime currendo deflagrat,

Vitr. 6, 1.—

Trop., to destroy utterly:

in cinere deflagrati imperii,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12 (cf. deflagratio fin.).—

To burn out, cease burning; rare, and only trop. of the fire of passion, = defervesco, to abate, be allayed:

deflagrare iras vestras posse,

Liv. 40, 8:

deflagrante paullatim seditione,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

iram senis deflagrare pati,

Lact. Mort. Pers. 14, 5.— Transf. to persons:

sic deflagrare minaces Incassum,

Luc. 4, 280.