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1 furibundus
, raging, furious / inspired. -
2 rabidus
raging, crazy. -
3 vē-sānus (vae-s-)
vē-sānus (vae-s-) adj., unsound of mind, mad, insane, raging: remex: tribunus plebis: stella vesani Leonis, raging, H.—Of things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging: voltus, L.: vires, O.: fames, V. -
4 fervor
fervor, ōris, m. [ferveo], a boiling or raging heat, a violent heat, a raging, boiling, fermenting (class.; syn.: ardor, tepor, calor, aestus).I.Lit.:II.pollens fervore corusco,
Lucr. 6, 237; cf. id. 6, 856:mundi ille fervor purior, perlucidior mobiliorque multo quam hic noster calor,
Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30:accepit calido febrim fervore coörtam,
Lucr. 6, 656:febris,
Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 104; cf.:caput incensum fervore gerebant,
a raging heat, fever heat, Lucr. 6, 1145; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124:vis venti fervorem mirum concinnat in undis,
Lucr. 6, 437; Luc. 4, 461.—In plur.:solis,
Lucr. 5, 215; cf. ib. 605; 611:medii,
i. e. noontide heat, Verg. G. 3, 154:capitis,
Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19.—Trop., heat, vehemence, ardor, passion:cum hic fervor concitatioque animi inveteraverit,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; cf.:fervor mentis,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 220:pectoris,
Hor. C. 1, 16, 24:erat quidam fervor aetatis,
Cic. de Sen. 13, 45:fervore carentes anni (i. e. senectus),
Sil. 7, 25:ut semel icto Accessit fervor capiti,
i. e. intoxication, Hor. S. 2, 1, 25: maris, an excited, i. e. disturbed, unsafe condition of the sea (caused by pirates), Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31.—In plur.:pro vitiorum fervoribus,
Gell. 20, 1, 22. -
5 Furor
1.fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).I.Lit. (class.):II.solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:furatur aliquid aut eripit,
id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:pecuniam ex templo,
Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:ad furandum venire,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,
Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,
id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:2. I.pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,
Verg. A. 5, 845:membra,
Sil. 10, 74:sese,
id. 14, 561:vultus veste,
i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,
Cic. Balb. 2, 5:speciem furabor Iacchi,
will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:audiendi facultatem,
to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:(β).Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:ira furor brevis est,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,
Quint. 7, 4, 31:hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,
Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:furore atque amentiā impulsus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:Catilinae,
Sall. C. 24, 2:versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,
Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:caeci furore,
Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:rabidus,
id. 63, 38:caecus,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,
Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;so of political excitement,
Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,
Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,
id. ib. 1, 37, 88:ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,
Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:fatidicos concepit mente furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:ad hunc impendiorum furorem,
Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:furor fit laesa saepius patientia,
Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,
vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,
Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:caeli furor aequinoctialis,
the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):II.quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?
Ov. A. A. 3, 172:furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,
Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,
raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,
is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):III.non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,
Prop. 1, 18, 15.—Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124. -
6 furor
1.fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).I.Lit. (class.):II.solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:furatur aliquid aut eripit,
id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:pecuniam ex templo,
Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:ad furandum venire,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,
Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,
id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:2. I.pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,
Verg. A. 5, 845:membra,
Sil. 10, 74:sese,
id. 14, 561:vultus veste,
i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,
Cic. Balb. 2, 5:speciem furabor Iacchi,
will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:audiendi facultatem,
to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:(β).Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:ira furor brevis est,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,
Quint. 7, 4, 31:hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,
Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:furore atque amentiā impulsus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:Catilinae,
Sall. C. 24, 2:versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,
Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:caeci furore,
Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:rabidus,
id. 63, 38:caecus,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,
Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;so of political excitement,
Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,
Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,
id. ib. 1, 37, 88:ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,
Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:fatidicos concepit mente furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:ad hunc impendiorum furorem,
Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:furor fit laesa saepius patientia,
Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,
vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,
Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:caeli furor aequinoctialis,
the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):II.quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?
Ov. A. A. 3, 172:furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,
Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,
raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,
is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):III.non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,
Prop. 1, 18, 15.—Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124. -
7 furibundus
furibundus adj. [FVR-], raging, mad, furious: homo: taurus, O.: latronis impetūs: Dido, V.— Filled with prophetic inspiration, inspired: vatum praedictiones: Sibylla, O.* * *furibunda, furibundum ADJraging, mad, furious; inspired -
8 gurges
gurges itis, m [GVOR-], a raging abyss, whirlpool, gulf: Rheni fossa gurgitibus illis redundans: turbidus caeno, V.: per medios gurgites, L.: hauriebantur gurgitibus, L.: Stygius, O.: caenosus, the Styx, Iu.— Waters, a stream, sea: Iberus, V.: gurgite ab alto, abyss, V.: Herculeus, i. e. the Atlantic, Iu.—Fig., an abyss, gulf: libidinum: qui est gurges vitiorum: patrimoni, spendthrift.* * *whirlpool; raging abyss; gulf, the sea; "flood", "stream" -
9 saevus
saevus adj. with comp. and sup. [1 SAV-].— Of animals, raging, mad, furious, fell, fierce, savage, ferocious: lea, O.: leaena Saevior, V.: canes, O.—Of persons, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous: gens: uxor, cross, T.: vir, H.: magister, H.: novercae, V.: Mater Cupidinum, H.: necessitas, H.: tyrannus, L.: saevorum saevissime Centaurorum, O.: in armis, terrible, V.: in paelice, O.: in quemvis opprobria fingere saevus, H.—Of things, furious, fierce, aroused: mare, S.: pelagus, O.: ventus, L.: Orion, V.: bipennis, O.: tympana, harsh, H.: verba, H.: iocus, H.: militia, H.: horror, V.: caedes, O.: paupertas, H.* * *saeva, saevum ADJfierce, savage, raging, cruel, harsh -
10 vēsāniēns
vēsāniēns ntis, adj. [cf. vesanus], raging, furious: ventus, Ct.* * *(gen.), vesanientis ADJraging, frenzied -
11 defervesco
dē-fervesco, fervi and ferbui (defervi, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 72; Cic. Clu. 39, 108; id. Or. 30, 107; Cato R. R. 96, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 2 al.:I.deferbui,
Cic. Cael. 18, 43; 31, 77; Col. 12, 20, 2 et saep.), 3, v. n. (post-Aug.), to cease boiling, leave off raging.Lit.:II.ubi lupinus deferverit,
Cato R. R. 96:aestus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11:dum musteus fructus defervescat,
Col. 9, 15 fin.; cf.:deferbuit mustum,
id. 12, 38, 3; 12, 20, 2:ubi caelum enituit et deferbuit mare,
Gell. 19, 1, 7.—Trop.A.Of the fire of passion, to cease raging, to cool down, to be allayed, assuaged (a favorite expression of Cic.;B.elsewh. rare): ut ulciscendi vim differant in tempus aliud, dum defervescat ira: defervescere autem certe significat ardorem animi invita ratione excitatum,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 36 fin.:sperabam jam defervisse adolescentiam,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 72; cf.:cum adolescentiae cupiditates defervissent,
Cic. Cael. 18, 43; id. Or. 30, 107:quasi deferverat oratio,
id. Brut. 91 fin.:hominum studia defervisse,
id. Clu. 39:dum defervescat haec gratulatio,
id. Fam. 9, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 4:regis indignatio deferbuerat,
Vulg. Esth. 2, 1.—(Fig. from the fermenting of wine.) To become clarified, clear:novi versiculi ut primum videbuntur defervisse,
Plin. Ep. 9, 16 fin. -
12 vaesanus
I.Lit.:B.remex,
Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114:homo,
id. Dom. 2, 3:tribunus plebis,
id. ib. 21, 55:poëta,
Hor. A. P. 455:stella vesani Leonis,
fierce, raging, id. C. 3, 29, 19.—Impetuous:II.urbem cuidam Alexander donabat vesanus,
Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 1:Caesaris agmen,
Luc. 7, 496.—Transf., of inanim. and abstract things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging:vultus,
Liv. 7, 33, 17:impetus,
id. 9, 13, 3:manus,
Prop. 2, 9, 10:vires,
Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25:vesani murmura ponti,
Prop. 1, 8, 5:flamma,
Cat. 100, 7:fames,
Verg. A. 9, 340:pontus,
Manil. 5, 343:mero Regia,
Luc. 8, 401. -
13 vesanus
I.Lit.:B.remex,
Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114:homo,
id. Dom. 2, 3:tribunus plebis,
id. ib. 21, 55:poëta,
Hor. A. P. 455:stella vesani Leonis,
fierce, raging, id. C. 3, 29, 19.—Impetuous:II.urbem cuidam Alexander donabat vesanus,
Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 1:Caesaris agmen,
Luc. 7, 496.—Transf., of inanim. and abstract things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging:vultus,
Liv. 7, 33, 17:impetus,
id. 9, 13, 3:manus,
Prop. 2, 9, 10:vires,
Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25:vesani murmura ponti,
Prop. 1, 8, 5:flamma,
Cat. 100, 7:fames,
Verg. A. 9, 340:pontus,
Manil. 5, 343:mero Regia,
Luc. 8, 401. -
14 aestuōsus
aestuōsus adj. [aestus], burning hot, glowing: via: Syrtes, H.— In violent ebullition: freta, H.* * *aestuosa -um, aestuosior -or -us, aestuosissimus -a -um ADJburning hot, glowing, sweltering, sultry; fevered; seething (water), raging -
15 aestus
aestus ūs, m [AID-], an agitation, glow, heat, rage of fire: furit aestus ad auras, V.: quia oleam momorderit aestus, H.: labore et aestu languidi, S.: ad aestūs vitandos aedificare, Cs.: Aestibus mediis, in midday heat, V.: Caniculae, H.: sidereus, O.: ulceris aestus, fever: aegri aestu febrique iactantur.—Poet., summer: medio in aestu, O. — Of the sea, a heaving, swell, surge: fervet aestu pelagus; cf. exsultant aestu latices, boil up, V.: aequoris, breakers, V.: ingreditur ferventes aestibus undas, O. — The waves, billows, sea: delphines aestum secabant, V.: maritimos aestūs maximos in oceano efficere, tides: minuente aestu, at low tide, Cs.—Fig.: quantos aestūs habet ratio comitiorum, tides of passion: civilis belli aestus, H.: quasi aestus ingeni.—Irresolution, uncertainty, hesitation: qui tibi aestus, qui error: amor irarum fluctuat aestu, V.: aestūs graves, H.* * *agitation, passion, seething; raging, boiling; heat/fire; sea tide/spray/swell -
16 asper
asper era, erum (poet., abl plur. aspris, V.), adj. with comp. and sup. [ab + spes], without hope, adverse, calamitous, troublesome, cruel, perilous: tempora: oppugnatio, Cs.: mala res, spes multo asperior, S.: venatus, V.: fata, V. — As subst: aspera multa pertulit, hardships, H. — Of nature and character, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, cruel: homo naturā: Iuno, V.: iuvenis monitoribus, H.: asperrimi ad condicionem pacis, L.: rebus non asper egenis, V.: cladibus asper, exasperated, O.: doctrina asperior: fores, i. e. of a cruel mistress, H.: Asperior tribulis (Galatea). more unfeeling, O. — Wild, savage, fierce: (anguis) siti, V.: tactu leo, H.: facetiae.—Of climate, harsh, severe: caelo Germania, Ta.: hiemps, S.: asperrimo hiemis, in the depth, Ta. — Of style, harsh: oratio. — Rough, uneven: regio: loca, Cs.: rura dumis, V.: rubus, prickly, V.: aequora ventis, H.: pocula signis, i. e. wrought in relief, V.: frons cornu, O.: capilli (i. e. hirsuti), H.: maria, stormy, V.: vinum, harsh, T.: pronuntiationis genus, rough: littera, i. e. the letter r, O.* * *Iaspera -um, asperior -or -us, asperrimus -a -um ADJrude/unrefined; cruel/violent/savage/raging/drastic; stern/severe/bitter; hard; rough/uneven/shaggy, coarse, harsh; embossed/encrusted; (mint condition coins); sharp/pointed, jagged/irregular, rugged/severe; sour, pungent, grating, keenIIaspra -um, asprior -or -us, asprissimus -a -um ADJrough/uneven, coarse/harsh; sharp/pointed; rude; savage; pungent; keen; bitter -
17 atrōx
atrōx ōcis, adj. with comp. and sup. [ater], savage, fierce, wild, cruel, harsh, severe: Tydides, H.: Iuno, V.: odium exercebat atrox, O.: animus Catonis, resolute, H.: odii Agrippina, in hatred, Ta.—Cruel, horrible, violent, raging, perilous: res tam atrox: lex: hora Caniculae, H.: facinus, L.: spectaculum, Ta.: pugna atrocior, L.: atrocissimum crimen.—Violent, bitter: genus orationis.* * *atrocis (gen.), atrocior -or -us, atrocissimus -a -um ADJfierce, savage, bloody; heinous, cruel; severe; terrible, frightening, dreadful -
18 dē-fervēscō
dē-fervēscō fervī and ferbuī, —, ere, to cease raging, cool down, be allayed, be assuaged: dum defervescat ira: Sperabam iam defervisse adulescentiam, T.: cum cupiditates deferbuissent: quasi deferverat oratio. -
19 ex-saeviō
ex-saeviō —, —, īre, to cease raging: dum reliquum tempestatis exsaeviret, L. -
20 fervidus
fervidus adj. with comp. and (late) sup. [FVR-], glowing, burning, fiery, fervid: pars mundi totā naturā fervida est: aestus, sultry, H.: aequor, raging, H.: sidus, H.: fervidius merum, H.: diei fervidissimum tempus, Cu.—Fig., glowing, fiery, hot, vehement, impetuous, violent, hasty: florente iuventā Fervidus, H.: puer (i. e. Cupido), H.: Fervidus ingenio, O.: mortis fraternae irā, V.: fervidi animi vir, L.: genus dicendi: fervidior oratio: Dicta, V.* * *fervida, fervidum ADJglowing; boiling hot; fiery, torrid, roused, fervid; hot blooded
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