glow

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.

aestŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [aestus], to be in agilation or in violent commotion, to move to and fro, to rage, to toss, to boil up.

Lit.

Of fire, to rage, burn:

aestuat ut clausis rapidus fornacibus ignis,

as the fire heaves and roars in the closed furnaces, Verg. G. 4, 263:

tectus magis aestuat ignis,

Ov. M. 4, 64.—Hence,

Of the effect of fire, to be warm or hot, to burn, glow; both objectively, I am warm (Fr. je suis chaud), and subjectively, it is warm to me, I feel warm (Fr. j'ai chaud).

Object.: nunc dum occasio est, dum scribilitae aestuant ( while the cakes are warm) occurrite, Plaut. Poen. prol. 43; Verg. G. 1, 107:

torridus aestuat aër,

glows, Prop. 3, 24, 3; Luc. 1, 16. —

Subject., to feel warmth or heat (weaker than sudare, to sweat, and opp. algere, to be cold, to feel cold;

v. Doed. Syn. 3, 89): Lycurgi leges erudiunt juventutem esuriendo, sitiendo, algendo, aestuando,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

ille cum aestuaret, umbram secutus est,

id. Ac. 2, 22:

sub pondere,

Ov. M. 12, 514; Juv. 3, 103.—

Of the undulating, heaving motion of the sea, to rise in waves or billows (cf. aestus):

Maura unda,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 4:

gurges,

Verg. A. 6, 296.—

Of other things, to have an undulating, waving motion, to be tossed, to heave:

in ossibus umor,

Verg. G. 4, 308:

ventis pulsa aestuat arbor,

Lucr. 5, 1097; Gell. 17, 11, 5. —Of an agitated crowd, Prud. 11, 228.—

Trop.

Of the passions, love, desire, envy, jealousy, etc., to burn with desire, to be in violent, passionate excitement, to be agitated or excited, to be inflamed:

quod ubi auditum est, aestuare (hist. inf.) illi, qui dederant pecuniam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23:

quae cum dies noctesque aestuans agitaret,

Sall. J. 93:

desiderio alicujus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18:

invidiā,

Sall. C. 23:

ingens in corde pudor,

Verg. A. 12, 666:

at rex Odrysius in illa Aestuat,

Ov. M. 6, 490 (cf. uri in id. ib. 7, 22;

and ardere in id,

ib. 9, 724); Mart. 9, 23:

aestuat (Alexander) infelix angusto limite mundi (the figure is derived from the swelling and raging of the sea when confined),

Juv. 10, 169; so Luc. 6, 63.—

Esp. in prose, to waver, to vacillate, to hesitate, to be uncertain or in doubt, to be undecided:

dubitatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: quod petiit, spernit; repetit quod nuper omisit;

Aestuat et vitae disconvenit ordine toto,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 99:

sic anceps inter utramque animus aestuat,

Quint. 10, 7, 33; Suet. Claud. 4:

aestuante rege,

Just. 1, 10.

afflātus ( adf-), a, um, Part., of afflo.

afflātus ( adf-), ūs, m. [afflo].

A blowing or breathing on, a breeze, blast, breath, etc., as of the wind, men, or animals:

afflatusex terrā mentem ita movens ut, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 57, 117:

adflatu nocent,

by the effluvia, Ov. M. 7, 551:

ambusti adflatu vaporis,

Liv. 28, 23:

ignes caelestes adussisse levi adflatu vestimenta,

id. 39, 22:

Favonii,

Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57:

noxius,

id. 4, 12, 26 al. —Of animals:

frondes adflatibus (apri) ardent,

by his breath, Ov. M. 8, 289:

serpentis,

Stat. Th. 5, 527:

polypus adflatu terribili canes agebat,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—And of the aspiration in speech: Boeotii sine adflatu vocant collīs Tebas, i. e. without the h, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.—

Esp., a flash or glow of light (cf. afflo, I.):

juncturae leni adflatu simulacra refovent,

Plin. 36, 15, 22, § 98.—

Fig., afflation of the divine spirit, inspiration:

nemo vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66:

sine inflammatione animorum et sine quodam adflatu quasi furoris,

id. de Or. 2, 46.

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.

ardor, ōris, m. [ardeo], a flame, fire, heat, burning heat, lit. and trop.

Lit.:

solis ardor,

Lucr. 2, 212:

exortus est sol cum ardore,

Vulg. Jac. 1, 11:

ignium,

Lucr. 5, 587:

ignis,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 12:

flammarum,

Lucr. 5, 1093:

flammaï,

id. 5, 1099 al.:

visas ab occidente faces ardoremque caeli,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8:

ardor caelestis, qui aether vel caelum nominatur,

id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

ardore deflagrare,

id. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

ardores corporum in morbis,

Plin. 14, 16, 18, § 99:

Visitabo vos in egestate et ardore,

with burning fever, Vulg. Lev. 26, 16 al. —

Trop.

Of the flashing fire of the eyes, brightness, brilliancy:

fervescit et ex oculis micat acribus ardor,

and fire gleams forth from the keen eyes, Lucr. 3, 289:

ille imperatorius ardor oculorum,

Cic. Balb. 21, and id. N. D. 2, 42, 107.—Of the external appearance in gen.:

in te ardor voltuum atque motuum,

Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

oris,

animation, Vell. 2, 35.—

Of the passions or feelings, heat, ardor, glow, impatience, eagerness, ardent desire:

Sive voluptas est sive est contrarius ardor, i. e. dolor,

some tormenting pain, Lucr. 3, 251:

cupiditatum ardore restincto,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43:

ardor mentis ad gloriam,

id. Cael. 31:

quem ardorem studii censetis fuisse in Archimede, qui etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 50:

ardor animi non semper adest, isque cum consedit,

id. Brut. 24, 93:

vultus ardore animi micans,

Liv. 6, 13:

ardorem compescere,

Tac. Agr. 8; Liv. 8, 16. — Transf. from the combatants to the weapons:

tantus fuit ardor armorum,

Liv. 22, 5:

Ardorem cupiens dissimulare meum,

glowing love, Tib. 4, 12, 6; so Ov. M. 7, 76.— With obj. gen.:

at te ejusdem virginis ardor Perdiderat,

Ov. M. 9, 101; 9, 140; Hor. Epod. 11, 27 al.—And meton., the object of ardent affection, love, flame:

tu primus et ultimus illi Ardor eris,

Ov. M. 14, 683.

călesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [caleo], to grow warm or hot.

Lit. (rare but class.):

(vortex) suā cum Mobilitate calescit,

Lucr. 6, 280:

calescere vel apricatione vel igni, umbris aquisve refrigerari,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57; id. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

unda calescit,

Ov. M. 15, 310; Curt. 4, 7, 22.—

Trop., of the mind, to become excited, to glow, be inflamed; esp. with love ( poet.), Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 5 Don.:

quo propius nunc es, flammā propiore calesco,

Ov. H. 18, 177; so id. M. 3, 372:

est deus in nobis! agitante calescimus illo,

id. F. 6, 5.

candeo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr candami, to be light; candra, the moon; connected with caneo as ardeo with areo], to be brilliant, glittering, to shine, glitter, glisten (cf. candidus and albus; mostly poet.).

Lit.

Verb finit.:

candet ebur soliis collucent pocula mensae,

Cat. 64, 45:

ubi canderet vestis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 103:

stellarum turba crasso lumine candet,

Manil. 1, 753. —

Part. and P. a.: candens, entis, = candidus, shining. dazzling, white, bright, glowing:

candens lacteus umor,

the bright, milky fluid, Lucr. 1, 259:

marmor,

id. 2, 767:

lucidus aër,

id. 4, 341:

lumen solis,

id. 6, 1196:

lumen,

id. 5, 720:

luna,

Vitr. 9, 4:

ortus,

Tib. 4, 1, 65.— Comp.:

candentior Phoebus,

Val. Fl. 3, 481.— Sup.:

sidus candentissimum,

Sol. 52.—

Esp., = albus, white:

ut candens videatur et album,

Lucr. 2, 771:

lana,

Cat. 64, 318:

lacerti,

Tib. 1, 8, 33:

umeri,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 31:

vacca,

Verg. A. 4, 61:

taurus,

id. ib. 5, 236:

cygnus candenti corpore,

id. ib. 9, 563:

candenti elephanto,

i. e. ivory, id. ib. 6, 895:

saxa,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 26:

lilia,

Ov. M. 12, 411:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

id. ib. 11, 315 al.—

Transf., to glow with heat, be glowing hot (sometimes also in prose).

Verb finit.:

siccis aër fervoribus ustus Canduit,

Ov. M. 1, 120; Col. 1, 4, 9.—

Part. and P. a.:

ut calidis candens ferrum e fornacibus olim Stridit,

as the glowing iron taken from the hot furnace hisses, Lucr. 6, 148; imitated by Ov. M. 9, 170: candenti ferro, Varr. R. R. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.:

Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

candentes laminae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163 (al. ardentes); Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36:

aqua candens,

Col. 6, 5, 2 (while Veg. 1, 17, 14, calens aqua). —

Trop., glowing with passion, excited (very rare):

cum viscera felle canduerint,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 226:

numquam Stilicho sic canduit ora,

id. Laud. Stil. 2, 82 (both of these examples are by some referred to candesco).

candesco, ui, 3, v. inch. n. [candeo], to become of a bright, glittering white, to begin to glisten or radiate (rare; mostly poet.):

ut solet aër candescere solis ab ortu,

Ov. M. 6, 49; Tib. 1, 10, 43.—

To begin to glow, to grow red hot:

ferrum candescit in igni,

Lucr. 1, 491; Ov. M. 2, 230; Vitr. 7, 9 fin; cf. candeo fin.

candor, ōris, m. [candeo, as algor from algeo, etc.].

A dazzling, glossy whiteness, a clear lustre, clearness, radiance, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, glitter, etc. (class.):

aetherius sol irrigat adsidue caelum candore recenti,

Lucr. 5, 283; 4, 232; cf. id. 2, 322:

solis candor illustrior est quam ullius ignis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40:

Lacteus hic nimio fulgons candore notatur,

id. Arat. 249 (493):

splendidissimus,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16; cf.:

candore notabilis ipso (via lactea),

Ov. M. 1, 169:

caeli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

marmoreus,

Lucr. 2, 765:

nivalis,

Verg. A. 3, 538:

equi Qui candore nives anteirent,

id. ib. 12, 84:

equi candore eximio,

Suet. Aug. 64:

niveus,

Ov. M. 3, 423; and so absol. of the snow: solis aestu candor quom liquesceret, Naev. ap. Non. p. 334, 32:

simplex lanarum,

Quint. 1, 1, 5:

candore tunicarum fulgens acies,

Liv. 10, 39, 12:

milites candidā veste et paribus candore armis insignes,

id. 9, 40, 9.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, fairness, beauty:

fusus ille et candore mixtus rubor (in Venere Coa),

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf. Ov. M. 3, 491; 10, 594:

candor hujus te et proceritas, voltus oculique pepulerunt,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36; Tib. 3, 4, 29; Prop. 1, 20, 45; 2 (3), 25, 41; 3 (4), 24, 8 al.; Plin. 34, 18, 54, § 176:

dentium,

id. 22, 25, 65, § 134.—In plur.:

hujus corporis,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 67:

ulnarum nivei marmoreique candores,

Arn. 4, 22; cf. id. 7, 20.—

Trop.

Of discourse.

Brilliancy, splendor:

fucatus,

Cic. Or. 23, 79.—

In opp. to an artificial manner, affectation (cf. candidus, II. B.), simplicity, naturalness:

T. Livius, in narrando mirae jucunditatis clarissimique candoris,

Quint. 10, 1, 101 Frotsch.; cf. Spald. ad 2, 5, 19.—

Of mind or character, candor, purity, integrity, sincerity, openness, frankness ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

Si vestrum merui candore favorem,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 53:

animi,

id. ib. 3, 6, 7; 2, 467; id. H. 4, 32; id. P. 2, 5, 5; 3, 4, 13; Phaedr. 3, prol. 63:

justus sine mendacio,

Vell. 2, 116, 5:

tua simplicitas, tua veritas, tuus candor!

Plin. Pan. 84.—

(After candeo, II.) Glow, heat (very rare):

aestivus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 219: flammae,

Hyg. Astr. 2, 35.

ex-aestŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to boil up, foam up, ferment (not freq. till after the Aug. period; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).

Lit.

In gen.:

exaestuat mare,

Liv. 26, 42 fin.; Curt. 6, 4:

fretum,

id. 4, 2:

unda ima verticibus,

Verg. G. 3, 240:

Aetna fundo imo,

id. A. 3, 577:

bitumen e terra,

Just. 1, 2, 7:

Nilus in fossas,

Suet. Aug, 18.—

In partic., to effervesce, to glow with heat:

Aegyptus torrenti calore solis exaestuat,

Just. 2, 1, 16.— Absol.:

ut exaestuarat,

had overheated himself, Suet. Tib. 72 med. —

Trop.:

mens exaestuat irā,

Verg. A. 9, 798; so,

irā,

Ov. M. 6, 623; 13, 559; Stat. Th. 11, 297:

dolor exaestuat intus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 63; cf.

ignis (amoris),

id. M. 13, 867; poet.:

vates magno igni,

Luc. 5, 173.—

Act., to boil up with, to give forth, exhale (very rarely):

hos igitur tellus omnes exaestuat aestus,

Lucr. 6, 816; so,

aestus,

id. 2, 1137.

fervesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [ferveo], to become boiling hot, to begin to boil, begin to glow, to grow hot.

Lit. (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

possent seriae fervescere,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 9:

fervescens materia,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 107:

terrae sole,

Lucr. 6, 851:

summa pars corporis,

id. 6, 1164:

ventus mobilitate sua,

id. 6, 177:

ventorum validis fervescunt viribus undae,

boil up, id. 3, 491.— —

Trop.:

(animus) in ira cum fervescit,

Lucr. 3, 289. [p. 742]

flamma, ae (archaic gen. sing. flammaï, Lucr. 1, 725; 900; 5, 1099), f. [for flagma, v. flagro; cf. Gr. phlegma, from phlegô], a blazing fire, a blaze, flame (cf. ignis).

Lit.: fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ed. Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 1169:

dicere aiunt Ennium, flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi quam bona dicta teneat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 222:

flammam concipere,

to take fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

flammā torreri,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

flamma ab utroque cornu comprehensa, naves sunt combustae,

id. B. C. 3, 101, 5:

circumventi flammā,

id. B. G. 6, 16, 4:

effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit,

Liv. 30, 6, 5:

flammam sedare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

lumina illa non flammae, sed scintillis inter fumum emicantibus similia,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

solis flammam per caeli caerula pasci,

the blazing light, Lucr. 1, 1090:

erat is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circulus elucens,

i. e. among the blazing stars, Cic. Rep. 6, 16:

polo fixae flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15:

deum genitor rutilas per nubila flammas Spargit,

i. e. flashing lightnings, id. F. 3, 285:

flammam media ipsa tenebat Ingentem,

i. e. a torch, Verg. A. 6, 518; so,

armant picis unguine flammas,

Val. Fl. 8, 302;

for ignis: modum ponere iambis flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 3:

flamma ferroque absumi,

by fire and sword, Liv. 30, 6; Juv. 10, 266.—

Provv.

Flamma fumo est proxima:

Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest,

i. e. the slightest approach to impropriety leads to vice, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53. —

E flamma cibum petere, to snatch [p. 757] food from the flames, i. e. to be reduced to extremities for want of it, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38 (cf. Cat. 59).—

Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water, of any thing impossible, Poët. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49.—

Unda dabit flammas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 4.—

flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua, = obsta principiis, Ov. H. 17, 190.—

Transf.

Of color, flame-color:

reddit flammam excellentis purpurae,

Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

stant lumina (i. e. oculi) flammā,

his eyes glare with fire, Verg. A. 6, 300; cf.:

rubrā suffusus lumina flammā,

Ov. M. 11, 368.—

Fever-heat, Ov. M. 7, 554.—

Trop., viz., acc. as the notion of glowing heat or of destructive power predominates (cf. flagro, II.).—

The flame or fire of passion, esp. of love, the flame or glow of love, flame, passion, love:

amoris turpissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

cuncto concepit pectore flammam Funditus,

Cat. 64, 92; cf.:

excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 7, 17:

digne puer meliore flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 20:

ira feri mota est: spirat pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 8, 355; Sil. 17, 295:

omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93; cf.:

scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere,

Sall. J. 4, 6.—

A devouring flame, destructive fire, suffering, danger:

incidi in ipsam flammam civilis discordiae vel potius belli,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2:

invidiae,

id. de Or. 3, 3, 11:

is se tum eripuit flammā,

id. Brut. 23, 90:

implacatae gulae,

i. e. raging hunger, Ov. M. 8, 849.—

Flamma Jovis, the name of a red flower, Plin. 27, 7, 27, § 44.

Flamma, ae, m., a Roman surname, Tac. H. 4, 45.

flamma, ae (archaic gen. sing. flammaï, Lucr. 1, 725; 900; 5, 1099), f. [for flagma, v. flagro; cf. Gr. phlegma, from phlegô], a blazing fire, a blaze, flame (cf. ignis).

Lit.: fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ed. Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 1169:

dicere aiunt Ennium, flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi quam bona dicta teneat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 222:

flammam concipere,

to take fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

flammā torreri,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

flamma ab utroque cornu comprehensa, naves sunt combustae,

id. B. C. 3, 101, 5:

circumventi flammā,

id. B. G. 6, 16, 4:

effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit,

Liv. 30, 6, 5:

flammam sedare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

lumina illa non flammae, sed scintillis inter fumum emicantibus similia,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

solis flammam per caeli caerula pasci,

the blazing light, Lucr. 1, 1090:

erat is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circulus elucens,

i. e. among the blazing stars, Cic. Rep. 6, 16:

polo fixae flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15:

deum genitor rutilas per nubila flammas Spargit,

i. e. flashing lightnings, id. F. 3, 285:

flammam media ipsa tenebat Ingentem,

i. e. a torch, Verg. A. 6, 518; so,

armant picis unguine flammas,

Val. Fl. 8, 302;

for ignis: modum ponere iambis flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 3:

flamma ferroque absumi,

by fire and sword, Liv. 30, 6; Juv. 10, 266.—

Provv.

Flamma fumo est proxima:

Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest,

i. e. the slightest approach to impropriety leads to vice, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53. —

E flamma cibum petere, to snatch [p. 757] food from the flames, i. e. to be reduced to extremities for want of it, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38 (cf. Cat. 59).—

Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water, of any thing impossible, Poët. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49.—

Unda dabit flammas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 4.—

flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua, = obsta principiis, Ov. H. 17, 190.—

Transf.

Of color, flame-color:

reddit flammam excellentis purpurae,

Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

stant lumina (i. e. oculi) flammā,

his eyes glare with fire, Verg. A. 6, 300; cf.:

rubrā suffusus lumina flammā,

Ov. M. 11, 368.—

Fever-heat, Ov. M. 7, 554.—

Trop., viz., acc. as the notion of glowing heat or of destructive power predominates (cf. flagro, II.).—

The flame or fire of passion, esp. of love, the flame or glow of love, flame, passion, love:

amoris turpissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

cuncto concepit pectore flammam Funditus,

Cat. 64, 92; cf.:

excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 7, 17:

digne puer meliore flammā,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 20:

ira feri mota est: spirat pectore flammas,

Ov. M. 8, 355; Sil. 17, 295:

omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93; cf.:

scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere,

Sall. J. 4, 6.—

A devouring flame, destructive fire, suffering, danger:

incidi in ipsam flammam civilis discordiae vel potius belli,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2:

invidiae,

id. de Or. 3, 3, 11:

is se tum eripuit flammā,

id. Brut. 23, 90:

implacatae gulae,

i. e. raging hunger, Ov. M. 8, 849.—

Flamma Jovis, the name of a red flower, Plin. 27, 7, 27, § 44.

Flamma, ae, m., a Roman surname, Tac. H. 4, 45.

forceps, cĭpis ( gen. plur. forcipium, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 74), m. and f. (m., Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4; f., Ov. M. 12, 277) [root in Sanscr. ghar-mas, glow, warmth; Gr. ther-, thermê, theros; Lat. for-mus, for-nus, fornax and cap-io], a pair of tongs, pincers, forceps (cf.:

forfex, volsella): forcipem invenit Cinyra Agriopae filius,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195.

Lit.:

Cyclopes versant tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. G. 4, 175; firetongs, id. A. 12, 404; Ov. M. 12, 277: uncis forcipibus dentes evelleret, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 74 P.; pincers for drawing teeth, Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4;

and for other surgical purposes,

id. 7, 5; Col. 6, 26, 2:

compressa forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556:

ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

id. ib. 9, 78: ferrei, iron tongs or hooks attached to a tackle, and which, by firmly grasping a mass of stone or marble, raise it aloft, Vitr. 10, 2 (al. forfices).—

Transf., a kind of battlearray, with diverging wings, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; Gell. 10, 9, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 18 (al. forfex).

frīgĕo, ēre, v. n. [frigus], to be cold, chilly, to freeze (opp. calere, to be hot, to glow; whereas algere, subject., to feel cold, to freeze, is opp. aestuare, to feel hot; v. caleo and algeo; class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

tange: si non totus friget, me enica,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 5; cf.:

summosque pedes attinge manusque: Non frigent,

Pers. 3, 109:

friget aether,

Auct. Aetn. 331: corpusque lavant frigentis et unguunt, of him who was cold and stiff, i. e. of the dead, Verg. A. 6, 219:

gelidus tardante senecta sanguis hebet, frigentque effetae in corpore vires,

id. ib. 5, 396.—

Trop.

To be inactive or at a standstill, to have nothing to do; to be lifeless, languid, frigid; of things, to flag, droop:

in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; cf.: quod tibi supra scripsi, Curionem valde frigere, jam calet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

valde metuo, ne frigeas in hibernis: quamobrem camino luculento utendum censeo,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

frigens animis,

Sil. 16, 598:

quantum stupere atque frigere... Caecilius visus est!

to be frigid, Gell. 2, 23, 7:

frigere (al. frigida) videntur ista plerisque,

to be dull, frigid, Quint. 4, 2, 59: sermonem quaerere;

ubi friget, huc evasit, etc.,

flags, halts, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 11 Ruhnk.—Prov.:

Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; also ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.—

With respect to the estimation or favor in which a person or thing stands, to be coldly received, coldly treated, slighted, disregarded, to be without power:

quare tibicen Antigenidas dixerit discipulo sane frigenti ad populum: Mihi cane et Musis,

Cic. Brut. 50, 187: plane jam, Brute, frigeo; organon enim erat meum senatus;

id jam est dissolutum,

id. Fam. 11, 14, 1:

Nimirum homines frigent,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 37; Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 104:

Memmius quidem friget, Scaurum autem jampridem Pompeius abjecit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3 (for which:

Memmius mirum in modum jacet, Scaurus refrixerat,

id. ib. 3, 2 fin.:

Memmius plane refrixerat,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3):

jacent beneficia Nuculae, friget patronus Antonius,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 14:

an hoc significas, nihil fieri, frigere te?

id. Fam. 7, 18, 2:

prima contio Pompei frigebat,

remained unnoticed, id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

cum omnia consilia frigerent,

were of no effect, id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 60:

sin autem ista frigebunt, recipias te ad nos,

id. Fam. 7, 11 fin.

fulgeo, fulsi, 2 (ante-class. and poet. form acc. to the third conj.: fulgit, Lucil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 506, 8 and 9; Lucr. 5, 768 Lachm. N. cr.; 6, 160; 174; 214; fulgĕre, Pac., Att., Lucil. ap. Non. 506, 17 sq.; Lucr. 5, 1095; 6, 165; Verg. A. 6, 826; Val. Fl. 8, 284 al.; cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 56), v. n. [Sanscr, bhrāg', to glow, gleam; Gr. phlegô, phlegethô, to burn, phlox, flame;

Lat. fulgur, fulmen, fulvus, flagrare, flamma, flāmen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 187 ], to flash, to lighten (syn.: fulguro, splendeo, luceo).

Lit.:

si fulserit, si tonuerit, si tactum aliquid erit de caelo,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 149:

cum aestate vehementius tonuit quam fulsit,

Plin. 18. 35, 81, § 354; Mel. 1, 19, 1; Lucr. 6, 160; 165:

Jove fulgente cum populo agi nefas esse,

Cic. Vatin. 8, 20; cf.:

Jove fulgente, tonante... caelo fulgente, tonante,

id. N. D. 2, 25, 65;

v. fulguro: tremulo tempestas impete fulgit,

Lucr. 6, 174:

fulsere ignes et aether,

Verg. A. 4, 167:

picei fulsere poli,

Val. Fl. 1, 622.—

Trop., of the vivid oratory of Pericles:

qui (Pericles) si tenui genere uteretur, numquam ab Aristophane poëta fulgere, tonare, permiscere Graeciam dictus esset,

Cic. Or. 9, 29 (acc. to Aristoph. Acharn. 530 sq.: Perikleês Oulumpios Êstrapten, ebronta, xunekuka tên Hellada); cf.:

fulgurare ac tonare,

Quint. 2, 16, 19.—

Transf., to flash, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine (syn. splendeo).

Lit.:

qui nitent unguentis, qui fulgent purpurā,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

marmorea tecta ebore et auro fulgentia,

id. Par. 1, 3, 13:

fulgentia signis castra,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.); so id. ib. (Ann. v. 162 ib.):

caelo fulgebat luna sereno,

Hor. Epod. 15, 1; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 3; Ov. M. 2, 722:

fulgens contremuit domus Saturni (i. e. caelum),

Hor. C. 2, 12, 8:

micantes fulsere gladii,

Liv. 1, 25, 4; cf.:

fulgente decorus arcu Phoebus,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 61:

felium in tenebris fulgent radiantque oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151:

fulgentes oculi,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 15:

fulgentes Cycladae (on account of their marble),

id. ib. 3, 28, 14 (for which:

nitentes Cycladae,

id. ib. 1, 14, 19):

stet Capitolium fulgens (corresp. to lucidae sedes Olympi),

id. ib. 3, 3, 43:

argenti quod erat solis fulgebat in armis,

Juv. 11, 108.—

Trop., to shine, glitter; be conspicuous, illustrious (rare and mostly poet.):

(virtus) Intaminatis fulget honoribus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 18:

indoles virtutis jam in adulescentulo,

Nep. Eum. 1, 4:

quondam nobili fulsi patre,

Sen. Med. 209:

fulgens imperio fertilis Africae,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 31:

fulgens sacerdotio,

Tac. H. 4, 42:

quae sanguine fulget Juli,

Juv. 8, 42.—Hence, ful-gens, entis, P. a., shining, glittering; in a trop. sense, illustrious.—Comp.:

fulgentior,

Sen. Ep. 115, 4.— Sup.:

Messala fulgentissimus juvenis,

Vell. 2, 71, 1:

opus Caesaris,

id. 2, 39, 1:

(M. Tullius) fulgentissimo et caelesti ore,

id. 2, 64, 3:

duo fulgentissima cognomina patris et patrui,

Val. Max. 3, 5, 1.— Adv.: fulgenter, glitteringly, resplendently.

Lit.:

quia sic fulgentius radiant,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43. —

Trop.:

fulgentius instrui poterat luxuria, certe innocentius,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 4.

ignesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. (in pass. ignescitur, Laber. ap. Non. 481, 7; Fragm. Com. v. 26 Rib.) [ignis], to take fire, to become inflamed, to burn, kindle (syn.: inardesco, exardesco).

Lit.: ex quo eventurum nostri putant, ut ad extremum omnis mundus ignesceret, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

lumen capere atque ignescere,

Ov. M. 15, 847.—

Transf., of color:

purpura et candor et tertium ex utroque ignescens,

kindling, breaking into a flame, Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 21. —

Trop., to burn with passion, to glow ( poet.):

furiis ignescit opertis,

Val. Fl. 5, 520:

virgo (Pallas),

Sil. 9, 460: pectora, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 45:

Rutulo muros et castra tuenti Ignescunt irae,

Verg. A. 9, 66:

amor menti, Col. poët. 10, 211: odia,

Stat. Th. 11, 525:

vultus sanguine,

id. ib. 3, 78.—

With inf.:

ardore pari nisuque incurrere muris Ignescunt animi,

Sil. 13, 180.