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călor, ōris, m. [caleo; cf. Varr. ap. Non. p. 46, 22], warmth, heat, glow.

Lit.

In gen. (very freq. in prose and poet.): neque mihi ulla obsistet amnis nec calor;

nec frigus metuo,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 19; so (opp. frigus) Lucr. 2, 517; 6, 371; Cic. N. D. [p. 272] 2, 39, 101; Verg. G. 2, 344; 4, 36; (opp. refrigeratio) Vitr. 1, 4:

calor ignis,

Lucr. 1, 425:

solis,

id. 5, 571; 6, 514:

fulminis,

id. 6, 234.—In plur., Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13; id. N. D. 2, 60, 151; Hor. C. 3, 24, 37 al.—

Esp.

Vital heat; so, vitalis, Lucr. 3, 129; Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27:

ut omnia quae aluntur atque crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris, sine quā neque ali possent neque crescere,

id. ib. 2, 9, 23:

omnis et una Dilapsus calor,

Verg. A. 4, 705.—

Summer heat, the warmth of summer:

vitandi caloris causā Lanuvii tres horas acquieveram,

Cic. Att. 13, 34 init.; id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—Hence also for summer (opp. ver and autumnus), Lucr. 1, 175; Col. 11, 2, 48:

mediis caloribus,

in the midst of summer, Liv. 2, 5, 3; so plur.:

ut tectis saepti frigora caloresque pellamus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152.—

The glow of a hot wind (cf. Lucr. 6, 323:

vis venti commixta calore): dum ficus prima calorque, etc.,

the burning heat of the parching Sirocco, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 5:

calores austrini,

Verg. G. 2, 270 (cf.:

calidi Austri,

Ov. M. 7, 532).—

The heat of a fever, Tib. 4, 11, 2.—

Trop.

In gen., the heat of passion, fire, zeal, ardor, impetuosity, vehemence (so perh. not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; cf.:

ardor, fervor): si calor ac spiritus tulit,

Quint. 10, 7, 13:

Polus juvenili calore inconsideratior,

id. 2, 15, 28:

calor cogitationis, qui scribendi morā refrixit,

id. 10, 3, 6; cf. id. 9, 4, 113:

calorem cogitationis exstinguere,

id. 8, praef. §

27: et impetus,

id. 10, 3, 17:

dicendi,

id. 11, 3, 130:

lenis caloris alieni derisus,

id. 6, 2, 15:

dicentis,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 11; 2, 19, 2:

pietatis,

id. Pan. 3, 1:

ambitionis calor abducit a tutis,

Sen. Ben. 2, 14, 5:

quod calore aliquo gerendum est, id. Ira, 3, 3, 5: cohortationis,

Val. Max. 2, 6, 2:

iracundiae,

Dig. 50, 17, 48:

Martius,

Stat. Achill. 2, 26; Luc. 2, 324 et saep.—

Esp., ardent love, the fire of love:

trahere calorem,

Ov. M. 11, 305; so id. H. 19, 173; Sil. 14, 223.—In plur. (cf. amores), Hor. C. 4, 9, 11; Ov. A. A. 1, 237.

Călŏr, ōris, m., a river in Samnium, now the Calore, Liv. 2, 14, 2; 25, 17, 1.

călor, ōris, m. [caleo; cf. Varr. ap. Non. p. 46, 22], warmth, heat, glow.

Lit.

In gen. (very freq. in prose and poet.): neque mihi ulla obsistet amnis nec calor;

nec frigus metuo,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 19; so (opp. frigus) Lucr. 2, 517; 6, 371; Cic. N. D. [p. 272] 2, 39, 101; Verg. G. 2, 344; 4, 36; (opp. refrigeratio) Vitr. 1, 4:

calor ignis,

Lucr. 1, 425:

solis,

id. 5, 571; 6, 514:

fulminis,

id. 6, 234.—In plur., Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13; id. N. D. 2, 60, 151; Hor. C. 3, 24, 37 al.—

Esp.

Vital heat; so, vitalis, Lucr. 3, 129; Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27:

ut omnia quae aluntur atque crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris, sine quā neque ali possent neque crescere,

id. ib. 2, 9, 23:

omnis et una Dilapsus calor,

Verg. A. 4, 705.—

Summer heat, the warmth of summer:

vitandi caloris causā Lanuvii tres horas acquieveram,

Cic. Att. 13, 34 init.; id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—Hence also for summer (opp. ver and autumnus), Lucr. 1, 175; Col. 11, 2, 48:

mediis caloribus,

in the midst of summer, Liv. 2, 5, 3; so plur.:

ut tectis saepti frigora caloresque pellamus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152.—

The glow of a hot wind (cf. Lucr. 6, 323:

vis venti commixta calore): dum ficus prima calorque, etc.,

the burning heat of the parching Sirocco, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 5:

calores austrini,

Verg. G. 2, 270 (cf.:

calidi Austri,

Ov. M. 7, 532).—

The heat of a fever, Tib. 4, 11, 2.—

Trop.

In gen., the heat of passion, fire, zeal, ardor, impetuosity, vehemence (so perh. not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; cf.:

ardor, fervor): si calor ac spiritus tulit,

Quint. 10, 7, 13:

Polus juvenili calore inconsideratior,

id. 2, 15, 28:

calor cogitationis, qui scribendi morā refrixit,

id. 10, 3, 6; cf. id. 9, 4, 113:

calorem cogitationis exstinguere,

id. 8, praef. §

27: et impetus,

id. 10, 3, 17:

dicendi,

id. 11, 3, 130:

lenis caloris alieni derisus,

id. 6, 2, 15:

dicentis,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 11; 2, 19, 2:

pietatis,

id. Pan. 3, 1:

ambitionis calor abducit a tutis,

Sen. Ben. 2, 14, 5:

quod calore aliquo gerendum est, id. Ira, 3, 3, 5: cohortationis,

Val. Max. 2, 6, 2:

iracundiae,

Dig. 50, 17, 48:

Martius,

Stat. Achill. 2, 26; Luc. 2, 324 et saep.—

Esp., ardent love, the fire of love:

trahere calorem,

Ov. M. 11, 305; so id. H. 19, 173; Sil. 14, 223.—In plur. (cf. amores), Hor. C. 4, 9, 11; Ov. A. A. 1, 237.

Călŏr, ōris, m., a river in Samnium, now the Calore, Liv. 2, 14, 2; 25, 17, 1.

sĭtĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4, v. n. and a. [sitis].

Neutr., to thirst, be thirsty (class.).

Lit.:

ego esurio et sitio,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 6; 4, 3, 4:

sitit haec anus,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 14:

in medio sitit flumine potans,

Lucr. 4, 1100:

ne homines sitirent,

Suet. Aug. 42.—With gen.:

cochleae cum sitiunt aëris,

Symm. Ep. 1, 27.—Prov.:

sitire mediis in undis,

i. e. to be poor in the midst of wealth, Ov. M. 9, 760.—

Transf. (esp. in the lang. of country people), of things (the earth, plants, etc.), to be dried up or parched, to want moisture:

siquidem est eorum (rusticorum) gemmare vites, sitire agros, laetas esse segetes, etc.,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; cf.:

sitire segetes,

Quint. 8, 6, 6: tosta sitit tellus, Ov. [p. 1713] F. 4, 940:

colles,

Front. Aquaed. 87; cf. infra, P. a.: aret ager;

vitio moriens sitit aëris herba,

Verg. E. 7, 57:

cum sitiunt herbae,

id. G. 4, 402:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249:

cacumina oleae,

id. 17, 14, 24, § 103 et saep.:

ipsi fontes jam sitiunt,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 11:

nec pati sitire salgama,

to be dry, Col. 12, 9, 2.—

Act., to thirst after a thing (rare, but in the trop. signif. class.; cf.: cupio, desidero).

Lit.:

auriferum Tagum sitiam patriumque Salonem,

Mart. 10, 96, 3.— Pass.:

quo plus sunt potae, plus sitiuntur aquae,

are thirsted for, Ov. F. 1, 216:

umor quomodo sititur destillans,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 15.—

Trop., as in all langg., to long for, thirst for, desire eagerly, covet:

sanguinem nostrum sitiebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 20; cf. Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

sanguinem,

Just. 1, 8 fin. (opp. satiare); Sen. Thyest. 103: cruorem, Poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59; cf.:

sitit hasta cruores,

Stat. Th. 12, 595:

honores,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3:

populus libertatem sitiens,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

ultionem,

Val. Max. 7, 3 ext. 6; Vulg. Psa. 41, 3.—With gen.:

non quidem fallacis undae sitit, sed verae beatitudinis esurit et sitit,

App. de Deo Socr. 54, 27.—Hence, sĭtĭens, entis, P. a., thirsting, thirsty, athirst.

Lit.:

ut ipse ad portam sitiens pervenerim,

Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

quae (pocula) arenti sitientes hausimus ore,

Ov. M. 14, 277:

Tantalus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68:

viator,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 97:

saecla ferarum,

Lucr. 5, 947:

sitienti aqua datur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), of places, plants, etc., dry, parched, arid, without moisture (syn. aridus):

hortus,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 60.—By metonymy also, Afri, Verg. E. 1, 65:

olea,

Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 9:

luna,

i. e. cloudless, bright, id. 17, 9, 8, § 57; 17, 14, 24, § 112:

Canicula,

arid, parching, Ov. A. A. 2, 231.— Neutr. plur. absol.:

lonchitis nascitur in sitientibus,

in dry, arid places, Plin. 25, 11, 88, § 137; so,

in sitientibus aut siccis asperis,

id. 12, 28, 61, § 132.—With gen.:

sitientia Africae,

Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 201.—

Trop., thirsting for, desiring eagerly, greedy:

gravius ardentiusque sitiens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

(amator) avidus sitiensque,

Ov. R. Am. 247:

regna Ditis, Petr. poët. 121, 116: aures,

Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1.— Poet.:

modice sitiens lagena,

of moderate capacity, Pers. 3, 92.—With gen.:

virtutis,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

famae,

Sil. 3, 578:

pecuniae (with avarus et avidus),

Gell. 12, 2, 13:

sermonis,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 251.—Hence, adv.: sĭtĭenter, thirstily, eagerly, greedily (acc. to B.):

sitienter quid expetens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37; so,

incumbere hauriendis voluptatibus,

Lact. 2, 1, 3:

haurire salutares illas aquas,

App. M. 9, p. 218 fin.; 3, p. 135, 35.