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călĕo, ui, 2, v. n. ( part. fut. act. călĭtūrus, Ov. M. 13, 590: caleor = caleo, Caper. ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.; prob. only in reference to the impers. caletur, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 12; id. Truc. 1, 1, 46) [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. skellô, sklêros], to be warm or hot, to glow (object.; opp. frigere, to be cold; while aestuare, to feel, experience warmth; opp. algere, to feel cold; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 89).

Lit.: calet aqua;

eamus hinc intro ut laves,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73:

sentiri hoc putat, ut calere ignem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

os calet tibi,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 39:

sole calente,

Tib. 1, 5, 22:

terrae alio sole calentes,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 18:

calens favilla,

id. ib. 2, 6, 22:

ture calent arae,

Verg. A. 1, 417:

calentibus aris,

Ov. M. 12, 152:

calituras ignibus aras,

id. ib. 13, 590:

guttae calentes,

id. ib. 7, 283:

epulae,

id. ib. 8, 671:

sulphur,

id. ib. 14, 86.— Poet. sometimes for aestuare, subject., to feel warm:

ut fortunati sunt fabri ferrarii, Qui aput carbones adsident! semper calent,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 47:

febre,

Juv. 10, 218:

rabie,

Val. Fl. 3, 216; cf.: caluit et hodie Faustina, Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11.—

Trop.

To glow in mind, to be roused, warmed, inflamed [p. 269] (class.;

in prose less freq. than ardere): (leones) permixtā caede calentes,

inflamed by indiscriminate slaughter, Lucr. 5, 1312; cf. id. 3, 643; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

admirando, irridendo calebat,

Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

in re frigidissimā cales, in ferventissimā cales,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:

animis jam calentibus,

Quint. 4, 1, 59:

Romani calentes adhuc ab recenti pugnā proelium ineunt,

Liv. 25, 39, 9:

at ille utendum animis dum spe calerent ratus,

are animated, Curt. 4, 1, 29:

feminā calere,

to become enamored of, Hor. C. 4, 11, 33; cf.:

Lycidan quo calet juventus,

id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

puellā,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 83:

amore,

id. A. A. 3, 571; Mart. 7, 32, 12:

igne,

id. 5, 55, 3:

desiderio Conjugis abrepti,

to be inflamed with desire, Ov. M. 7, 731; also, to be troubled, perplexed: haec velim explices;

etsi te ipsum istic jam calere puto,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2; Cael. ap. id. Fam. 8, 6, 51: alio mentis morbo, to labor under (the figure derived from fever, v. supra), Hor. S. 2, 3, 80;

and so of the passion for scribbling: mutavit mentem populus levis et calet uno Scribendi studio,

now the rage for writing and versifying is the general disease of our people, id. Ep. 2, 1, 108:

narratur et prisci Catonis Saepe mero caluisse virtus,

id. C. 3, 21, 12; Stat. Th. 5, 263.—

With inf.:

tubas audire,

Stat. Th. 4, 261; Claud. Nupt. Hon. 10, 287; id. Ep. 1, 29.—

With ad:

ad nova lucra,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62.—

Of abstract things, to be carried on warmly, to be urged on zealously:

illud crimen de nummis caluit re recenti, nunc in causā refrixit,

Cic. Planc. 23, 55:

judicia calent, i. e. magnā diligentiā et ardore exercentur,

id. Att. 4, 16, 3:

calebant nundinae,

id. Phil. 5, 4, 11:

posteaquam satis calere res Rubrio visa est,

i. e. seemed sufficiently ripe for execution, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Veneris bella calent,

rage, Tib. 1, 10, 53:

et mixtus lacrimis caluit dolor,

Stat. Th. 3, 383.—

To be yet warm, new, or fresh (the figure taken from food):

at enim nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hic agitur,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92: illi rumores de comitiis caluerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—

(Effectus pro causā.) Of a place, to be eagerly sought, to be frequented (rare):

ungularum pulsibus calens Hister,

often trod, Mart. 7, 7, 2.