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ăgăpē, ēs, f., = agapê (love).

Christian love or charity, Tert. ad Martyr. 2.—

The love-feast of the early Christians, Tert. Apol. 39 fin.

cārĭtas, ātis, f. [carus].

Prop., dearness, costliness, high price, etc. (opp. vilitas):

annonae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; 2, 3, 92, § 215; id. Off. 3, 12, 50; Liv. 44, 7, 10; Suet. Ner. 45:

rei frumentariae (opp. vilitas annonae),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

nummorum,

id. Att. 9, 9, 4:

olei,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273:

vini,

Suet. Aug. 42.—Also absol. caritas (sc. annonae), high prices, Cato, R. R. 3:

ut tum vendas cum caritas est,

Varr. R. R. 1, 69:

cum alter annus in vilitate, alter in summā caritate fuerit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 216; id. Off. 2, 17, 58.—

Trop., regard, esteem, affection, love (cf. amor, I.; in good prose;

syn.: benevolentia, favor, studium): cum deorum tum parentum patriaeque cultus eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet: conjuges autem et liberi, et fratres et alii, quos usus familiaritasque conjunxit, quamquam etiam caritate ipsā, tamen amore maxime continentur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; hence, opp. amor, as esteem to personal affection:

si id videare, quod sit utile ipsis, defendere... haec res amorem magis conciliat, illa virtutis defensio caritatem,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 206; cf. Treb. ap. id. Fam. 12, 16, 2; Liv. 24, 4, 8:

ut qui pacem belli amore turbaverant, bellum pacis caritate deponerent,

Tac. H. 2, 37: amor pathos, caritas êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 12:

caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes,

Cic. Lael. 8, 27;

Quint. prooem. § 6: liberalitate qui utuntur benevolentiam sibi conciliant et caritatem,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; id. Lael. 27, 102; Quint. 11, 1, 72:

ingenita erga patriam caritas,

Liv. 1, 34, 5:

retinere caritatem in aliquem,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

sanguine et caritate propior,

Tac. A. 6, 46:

caritatem paraverat loco auctoritatis,

id. Agr. 16 fin. — The subjoined gen. is usu. objective:

patriae et suorum,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Sest. 24, 53; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1:

rei publicae,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20; Liv. 2, 2, 5:

domini,

id. 1, 51, 8:

Syracusanorum,

id. 25, 28, 7:

Hieronis,

id. 24, 5, 1:

liberum,

id. 8, 7, 18:

filiae,

Tac. A. 12, 4:

ipsius soli,

Liv. 2, 1, 5:

sedium suarum,

id. 5, 42, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 14.—But sometimes also subjective, love entertained by one:

hominum, deorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

civium,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 29; Liv. 24, 4, 8 (with amor);

or, more rarely, of the cause or ground of the love: caritas illius necessitudinis,

Cic. Sest. 3, 6:

benevolentiae,

id. Lael. 9, 32.—In plur. of the different species of affection:

omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; id. Fin. 3, 22, 73:

liberum,

App. M. 5, p. 171.—

In late Lat., meton., caritates = cari, the loved persons, Amm. 18, 8, 14; 24, 1, 9.

consŭētūdo, ĭnis, f. [consuesco].

A being accustomed, custom, habit, use, usage.

In gen. (very freq. in all periods, esp. in prose):

exercitatio ex quā consuetudo gignitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

dicunt... consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,

id. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

ad parentium consuetudinem moremque deducimur,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118; id. Mil. 1, 1; id. Clu. 38, 96:

majorum,

id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 5:

Siculorum ceterorumque Graecorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; id. de Or. 2, 3, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 43:

eorum dierum,

id. ib. 2, 17:

non est meae consuetudinis rationem reddere, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 1: con [p. 441] suetudo mea fert, id. Caecin. 29, 85:

consuetudinem tenere, etc.,

id. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

haec ad nostram consuetudinem sunt levia,

Nep. Epam. 2, 3:

contra morem consuetudinemque civilem aliquid facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

quod apud Germanos ea consuetudo esset, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50; cf. with ut, id. ib. 4, 5:

cottidianae vitae,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 42:

virtutem ex consuetudine vitae sermonisque nostri interpretemur,

Cic. Lael. 6, 21; cf.:

vitae meae,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2;

and sermonis,

id. Fat. 11, 24; Quint. 1, 6, 45:

communis sensūs,

Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

jam in proverbii consuetudinem venit,

id. Off. 2, 15, 55:

victūs,

id. Att. 12, 26, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

otii,

Quint. 1, 3, 11 al.:

peccandi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176; Quint. 7, 2, 44:

splendidior loquendi,

Cic. Brut. 20, 78:

loquendi,

Quint. 1, 6, 43; 11, 1, 12:

dicendi,

Cic. Mur. 13, 29; Quint. 2, 4, 16:

docendi,

id. 2, 5, 2:

vivendi,

id. 1, 6, 45:

immanis ac barbara hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21; cf.:

classium certis diebus audiendarum,

Quint. 10, 5, 21 al.:

indocta,

Cic. Or. 48, 161: mala, * Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:

assidua,

Quint. 1, 1, 13:

longa,

id. 2, 5, 2:

vetus,

id. 1, 6, 43:

communis,

id. 11, 1, 12; 12, 2, 19:

vulgaris,

id. 2, 13, 11; Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 248:

bene facere jam ex consuetudine in naturam vortit,

Sall. J. 85, 9:

omnia quae in consuetudine probantur,

generally, Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75:

negant umquam solam hanc alitem (aquilam) fulmine exanimatam. Ideo armigeram Jovis consuetudo judicavit,

the general opinion, Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 15.—

With prepp., ex consuetudine, pro consuetudine, and absol. consuetudine, according to or from custom, by or from habit, in a usual or customary manner, etc.:

Germani celeriter ex consuetudine suā phalange factā impetus gladiorum exceperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; so with ex, Sall. J. 71, 4; 85, 9; Quint. 2, 5, 1; Suet. Ner. 42 al.:

pro meā consuetudine,

according to my custom, Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

consuetudine suā Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19; 2, 32:

consuetudine animus rursus te huc inducet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 41:

huc cum se consuetudine reclinaverunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27 fin.; so id. ib. 7, 24, 2; Sall. J. 31, 25 al.—Less freq.: praeter consuetudinem, contrary to experience, unexpectedly (opp. praeter naturam), Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60:

plures praeter consuetudinem armatos apparere,

contrary to custom, Nep. Hann. 12, 4; cf.:

contra consuetudinem,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

supra consuetudinem,

Cels. 2, 2.—

Esp.

Customary right, usage as a common law:

(jus) constat ex his partibus: naturā, lege, consuetudine, judicato... consuetudine jus est id, quod sine lege aeque ac si legitimum sit, usitatum est,

Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19; Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 162:

consuetudine jus esse putatur id, quod voluntate omnium sine lege vetustas comprobavit,

id. ib. 2, 22, 67; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 601; Cic. Caecin. 8, 23; id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5; Dig. 1, 3, 32.—

In gram. (instead of consuetudo loquendi; cf. supra), a usage or idiom of language, Varr. L. L. in 8th and 9th books on almost every page; Cic. Or. 47, 157; Quint. 1, 6, 3; 1, 6, 16; 2, 5, 2.—Hence,

In Col. for language in gen.:

consuetudini Latinae oeconomicum Xenophontis tradere,

Col. 12, praef. §

7: nostra (opp. Graeca),

id. 6, 17, 7.—

Social intercourse, companionship, familiarity, conversation (freq. and class; in an honorable sense most freq. in Cic.).

In gen.:

(Deiotarus) cum hominibus nostris consuetudines, amicitias, res rationesque jungebat,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 27; so in plur.:

victūs cum multis,

id. Mil. 8, 21; and in sing.:

victūs,

id. Or. 10, 33:

domesticus usus et consuetudo est alicui cum aliquo,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf. id. Fam. 13, 23, 1:

consuetudine conjuncti inter nos sumus,

id. Att. 1, 16, 11:

consuetudine ac familiaritate,

id. Quint. 3, 12;

so with familiaritas,

id. Fam. 10, 3, 1:

dare se in consuetudinem,

id. Pis. 28, 68:

insinuare in alicujus consuetudinem,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 6; cf.:

immergere se in consuetudinem alicujus,

id. Clu. 13, 36:

epistularum,

epistolary correspondence, id. Fam. 4, 13, 1:

nutrimentorum,

community, Suet. Calig. 9.—

In partic., intercourse in love, in an honorable, and more freq. in a dishonorable sense, a love affair, an amour, love intrique, illicit intercourse, Ter. And. 3, 3, 28; id. Hec. 3, 3, 44; Suet. Tib. 7; id. Ner. 35; Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; 1, 5, 44; 2, 6, 8; Liv. 39, 9, 6 and 7; Quint. 5, 11, 34; Suet. Tit. 10 al.—

So also freq.: consuetudo stupri,

Sall. C. 23, 3; Suet. Calig. 24; id. Oth. 2; Curt. 4, 10, 31.

cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).

In gen.

In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

Curt. 4, 8, 3:

aquae,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

laticum frugumque,

Lucr. 4, 1093:

gloriae,

Sall. C. 7, 3:

aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55:

lucis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: placendi,

id. 10, 7, 17 al. —

Trop., of things:

res medii cuppedine victae,

overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—

In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.

With gen.:

honorum caeca (with avarities),

Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

honoris,

Sall. C. 3, 5:

mala vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 1077:

immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

praedae caeca,

Ov. M. 3, 620:

intempestiva concubitūs,

id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

Veneris,

id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

difficilia faciundi,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

id. ib. 89, 6:

quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

Liv. 6, 35, 6:

populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

Tac. A. 13, 2.—

Absol.:

homines cupidine caeci,

Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

cuppedinis acres curae,

id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

femineus,

Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

muliebris,

Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

id. ib. 14, 35.—

In partic.

The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

differor Cupidine ejus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

visae virginis,

Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,

Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

in the form CVPEDO,

Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

mater saeva Cupidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,

Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

tela,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

sagittae,

id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—

In animals, the sexual impulse:

equina,

Col. 6, 27, 3:

equi cupidine sollicitati,

id. 6, 27, 8.—

(Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—

Personified:

Cupido sordidus,

sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).

In gen.

In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

Curt. 4, 8, 3:

aquae,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

laticum frugumque,

Lucr. 4, 1093:

gloriae,

Sall. C. 7, 3:

aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55:

lucis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: placendi,

id. 10, 7, 17 al. —

Trop., of things:

res medii cuppedine victae,

overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—

In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.

With gen.:

honorum caeca (with avarities),

Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

honoris,

Sall. C. 3, 5:

mala vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 1077:

immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

praedae caeca,

Ov. M. 3, 620:

intempestiva concubitūs,

id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

Veneris,

id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

difficilia faciundi,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

id. ib. 89, 6:

quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

Liv. 6, 35, 6:

populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

Tac. A. 13, 2.—

Absol.:

homines cupidine caeci,

Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

cuppedinis acres curae,

id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

femineus,

Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

muliebris,

Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

id. ib. 14, 35.—

In partic.

The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

differor Cupidine ejus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

visae virginis,

Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,

Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

in the form CVPEDO,

Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

mater saeva Cupidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,

Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

tela,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

sagittae,

id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—

In animals, the sexual impulse:

equina,

Col. 6, 27, 3:

equi cupidine sollicitati,

id. 6, 27, 8.—

(Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—

Personified:

Cupido sordidus,

sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

dĕ-ămo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to be desperately in love with, to love dearly or passionately (ante-class.), "vehementius amare," Non. 97, 21 (cf. depereo).

Prop.:

illa, quam tuus gnatus annos multos deamat, deperit,

Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 35; id. Poen. 4, 2, 72; Afran. ap. Non. l. l. (v. 357 Ribbeck): Laber. ap. Charis. l, p. 84 P. (v. 41 Ribbeck).—

Transf.

Of things, to be quite in love with, delighted with:

deamavi... lepidissima munera,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 3; cf.:

dona deamata acceptaque,

id. Truc. 4, 1, 5: deamo te, Syre, I am greatly obliged to you, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 21.

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.

ignis, is (abl. usu. igni; poet. and postAug. igne; so Plin. ap. Charis. p. 98 P.; Charis. p. 33 P.; Prisc. p. 766 P.; and always in Mart., e. g. 1, 21, 5; 4, 57, 6; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 223 sq.;

scanned ignis,

Verg. E. 3, 66; id. G. 3, 566; Ov. H. 16, 230; Lucr. 1, 663; 853;

but ignīs,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 36), m. [Sanscr. agnis, fire; Lith. ugn-is; Slav. ogný; Gr. aiglê, aglaos], fire (com mon in sing. and plur.; cf. flamma, incendium).

Lit.:

lapidum conflictu atque tritu elici ignem videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

admoto igni ignem concipere,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit,

id. Off. 1, 16, 52; cf.:

datur ignis, tametsi ab inimico petas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

ignis periculum,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; plur. = sing.:

subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 10, 27:

cum omnes naturae numini divino, caelum, ignes, terrae, maria parerent,

id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

hisce animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

id. Rep. 6, 15:

ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:

quod pluribus simul locis ignes coörti essent,

Liv. 26, 27, 5:

ignibus armata multitudo, facibusque ardentibus collucens,

id. 4, 33, 2:

ignes fieri prohibuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 5:

ignem accendere,

Verg. A. 5, 4:

ignem circum subicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

ignem operibus inferre,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:

ignem comprehendere,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

igni cremari,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

urbi ferro ignique minitari,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

ignis in aquam conjectus,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 et saep.:

quodsi incuria insulariorum ignis evaserit (opp. incendium inferre),

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.— Poet.:

fulsere ignes et conscius aether,

lightnings, Verg. A. 4, 167; cf.: Diespiter Igni corusco nubila [p. 881] dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

caelum abscondere tenebrae nube una subitusque antennas impulit ignis,

Juv. 12, 19; 13, 226:

micat inter omnes Julium sidus, velut inter ignes luna minores,

i. e. stars, id. ib. 1, 12, 47:

et jam per moenia clarior ignis Auditur,

the crackling of fire, Verg. A. 2, 705:

Eumenidum ignis,

torches, Juv. 14, 285.—

In partic.

Sacer ignis, a disease, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, Cels. 5, 28, 4; Verg. G. 3, 566; Col. 7, 5, 16.—

Aqua et ignis, to signify the most important necessaries of life; v. aqua.—

Transf., brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness (mostly poet.):

fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 57; cf.:

jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem,

id. ib. 3, 29, 17; so of the brightness of the stars, Ov. M. 4, 81; 11, 452; 15, 665;

of the sun,

id. ib. 1, 778; 4, 194; 7, 193;

of Aurora,

id. ib. 4, 629:

arcano florentes igne smaragdi,

Stat. Th. 2, 276; cf. Mart. 14, 109; and:

acies stupet igne metalli,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 51:

cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne qui est ob os offusus,

redness, blush, Cic. Univ. 14; Stat. Ach. 1, 516.—

Firewood, fuel:

caulis miseris atque ignis emendus,

Juv. 1, 134.—

Trop.

(Mostly poet.) The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury:

exarsere ignes animo,

Verg. A. 2, 575:

saevos irarum concipit ignes,

Val. Fl. 1, 748; most freq. of the flame of love, love:

cum odium non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13:

laurigerosque ignes, si quando avidissimus hauri,

raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509:

quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei,

Ov. F. 1, 473:

(Dido) caeco carpitur igni,

the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4, 2; so in sing., Ov. M. 3, 490; 4, 64; 195; 675 et saep.; in plur., Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; 1, 27, 16; 3, 7, 11; Ov. M. 2, 410; 6, 492 et saep.; cf.:

socii ignes,

i. e. nuptials, Ov. M. 9, 796.—

Transf., like amores, a beloved object, a flame (only poet.):

at mihi sese offert ultro meus ignis, Amyntas,

Verg. E. 3, 66; Hor. Epod. 14, 13.—

Figuratively of that which brings destruction, fire, flame:

quem ille obrutum ignem (i. e. bellum) reliquerit,

Liv. 10, 24, 13:

ne parvus hic ignis (i. e. Hannibal) incendium ingens exsuscitet,

id. 21, 3, 6; cf.:

et Syphacem et Carthaginienses, nisi orientem illum ignem oppressissent, ingenti mox incendio arsuros,

i. e. Masinissa, id. 29, 31, 3.

pĕr-ĕo, ĭi (īvi), ĭtum, īre (periet for peribit, Coripp. Johann. 7, 27; perf. perivit, App. M. 4, 21:

perīt,

Juv. 8, 85:

perisset,

Lact. 3, 20, 17 al.:

perisse,

Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. Am. 2, 19, 56; fut. periet, Vulg. Sap. 4, 19 al.), v. n.

To pass away, come to nothing; to vanish, disappear, be lost:

e patriā,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 5:

ecqua inde perisset soror,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15:

ne vena periret aquae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 16.—

Esp., to pass through, leak, be absorbed ( poet.):

lymphae Dolium pereuntis,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

postremo pereunt imbres, ubi eos pater aether In gremium matris terrai praecipitavit,

Lucr. 1, 250.—

To pass away, to be destroyed, to perish (the predom. and class. signif. of the word; syn.: occĭdo, intereo, obeo).

In gen.:

aedes cum fundamento perierint,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 69:

tantam pecuniam tam brevi tempore perire potuisse,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11:

totum exercitum periturum,

Nep. Epam. 7, 4:

fac pereat vitreo miles ab hoste tuus (in the game of chess),

let your knight be taken by a pawn, Ov. A. A. 2, 208:

causae cur urbes perirent,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 19:

peritura regna,

Verg. G. 2, 498:

puppis,

Ov. F. 3, 600:

Troja peritura,

Verg. A. 2, 660:

pereunt sole tepente nives,

melt away, Ov. F. 3, 236:

telum rubigine,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 13:

comae,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 30:

fabae laeso flore,

id. F. 5, 267.—Of the crocus:

gaudet calcari et atteri, pereundoque melius provenit,

Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 34.—

In partic.

To perish, lose one's life, die (class.): non intellego, quamobrem, si vivere honeste non possunt, perire turpiter velint;

aut cur minore dolore perituros se cum multis, quam si soli pereant, arbitrentur,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21:

summo cruciatu supplicioque,

id. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

fame,

id. Inv. 2, 57, 172:

eodem leto esse pereundum,

id. Div. 1, 26, 56:

morbo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 86:

naufragio,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:

hominum manibus,

Verg. A. 3, 606:

uterque juravit, periturum inter nos secretum,

that it should perish with us, Petr. 21:

ab Hannibale,

at his hands, Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

perire turpiter,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21:

fortiter,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 42:

generosius,

id. C. 1, 37, 21:

a morbo,

Nep. Reg. 3, 3.—

To pine away with love, to be desperately in love; to love to desperation ( poet.):

indigno cum Gallus amore peribat,

Verg. E. 10, 10; Cat. 45, 3:

quo beatus Vulnere, quā pereat sagittā,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 11:

ipse Paris nudā fertur periisse Lacaenā,

Prop. 2, 12, 13.—With acc. of the beloved object, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 135.—

To be lost, wasted, spent in vain:

ne et oleum et opera perierit,

Cic. Att. 2, 17, 1:

tempora,

Ov. R. Am. 107:

labor,

id. M. 1, 273:

nullus perit otio dies,

Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14:

ne nummi pereant,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 133:

minae,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 25:

aurum,

Col. 11, 1, 29; cf.

actiones,

Liv. 39, 18.—

To be lost, ruined, undone:

quid fieri tum potuit? jampridem perieramus,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

meo vitio pereo,

id. ib. 11, 9, 1.—Hence, perii, etc., as an exclamation of despair, I am lost! I'm undone! hei mihi, disperii! vocis non habeo satis:

vicini, interii, perii,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 36:

perii, interii, occidi! quo curram! quo non curram?

id. Aul. 4, 9, 1:

perii animo,

am disheartened, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26; cf.:

ingenio perii,

Ov. Tr. 2, 2; Lucr. 4, 1136:

periimus, actum est,

we are lost, it is all over with us, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26:

perierat et inventus est,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32; 15, 6.—So, peream, si, nisi, in asseverations, may I perish, may I die, if or if not, Ov. H. 17, 183; Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 4; Ov. P. 3, 5, 47; id. H. 17, 183.— Gerund and gerundive:

nisi illud perdo argentum, pereundum est mihi,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 91; Prop. 2, 1, 53:

pereundi figurae,

Ov. H. 10, 81:

pereundi terminus,

Sil. 3, 559:

puppis pereunda est probe,

must be lost, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 70.—

Trop., of moral qualities, etc.:

pudor periit,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 81:

fides,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 24:

virtus,

Ov. F. 2, 227.

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