in+cinere+deflagrati+imperii

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.