to burn with passion

ignesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. (in pass. ignescitur, Laber. ap. Non. 481, 7; Fragm. Com. v. 26 Rib.) [ignis], to take fire, to become inflamed, to burn, kindle (syn.: inardesco, exardesco).

Lit.: ex quo eventurum nostri putant, ut ad extremum omnis mundus ignesceret, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

lumen capere atque ignescere,

Ov. M. 15, 847.—

Transf., of color:

purpura et candor et tertium ex utroque ignescens,

kindling, breaking into a flame, Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 21. —

Trop., to burn with passion, to glow ( poet.):

furiis ignescit opertis,

Val. Fl. 5, 520:

virgo (Pallas),

Sil. 9, 460: pectora, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 45:

Rutulo muros et castra tuenti Ignescunt irae,

Verg. A. 9, 66:

amor menti, Col. poët. 10, 211: odia,

Stat. Th. 11, 525:

vultus sanguine,

id. ib. 3, 78.—

With inf.:

ardore pari nisuque incurrere muris Ignescunt animi,

Sil. 13, 180.

ardĕo, rsi, rsum, 2, v.n. ( perf. subj. ARDVERINT, Inscr. Fratr. Arval., of the time of the emperor Alexander Severus, in Inscr. Orell. 961) [cf. Sanscr. ghar = to shine. Sonne foll. by Curt.], to take fire, to kindle; hence,

Lit., to be on fire, to burn, blaze (syn.:

ardesco, exardeo, flagro, incendor, uror): Nam multis succensa locis ardent sola terrae,

for the soil is on fire in different places, Lucr. 2, 592:

tecta ardentia,

id. 3, 1064: Ultimus ardebit, quem etc., i. e. His home will burn last, whom etc., Juv. 3, 201:

ardente domo,

Tac. A. 15, 50 fin.:

radii ardentes,

Lucr. 6, 618: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

vis ardens fulminis,

Lucr. 6, 145:

Praeneste ardentes lapides caelo decidisse,

Liv. 22, 1:

rogum parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus,

Ov. M. 2, 620; 2, 245; 14, 747:

arsurae comae,

Verg. A. 11, 77:

videbat quod rubus arderet,

Vulg. Exod. 3, 2; ib. Deut. 5, 23; ib. Joan. 15, 6.—

Trop.

Of the eyes, to flash, glow, sparkle, shine (syn.:

fulgeo, inardesco, mico): ardent oculi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 62; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66; 2, 5, 62; cf.:

oculi ejus (erant) ut lampas ardens,

Vulg. Dan. 10, 6.—

Poet., transf. to color, to sparkle, glisten, glitter, dazzle:

Tyrio ardebat murice laena,

Verg. A. 4, 262:

campi armis sublimibus ardent,

id. ib. 11, 602. —

In gen., of any passionate emotion [p. 156] or excitement, to burn, glow, be inflamed, usu. with abl. (dolore, irā, studio, invidiā, etc.), but often without an abl.; to be strongly affected, esp. with love; to be inflamed, burn, glow, to blaze, be on fire, be consumed, etc. (syn.: ardesco, exardeo, furo).

With abl.:

quippe patentia cum totiens ardentia morbis Lumina versarent oculorum, expertia somno,

they rolled around the open eyeballs glowing with heat, Lucr. 6, 1180:

In fluvios partim gelidos ardentia morbo Membra dabant,

their limbs burning with the heat of fever, id. 6, 1172:

ardere flagitio,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 1:

amore,

Ter. Eun. 1. 1, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47:

iracundiā,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12:

curā,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

dolore et irā,

Cic. Att. 2, 19:

cupiditate,

id. Pis. 24:

studio et amore,

id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2:

desiderio,

id. Mil. 15; id. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

podagrae doloribus,

to be tormented with, id. Fin. 5, 31, 94:

furore,

Liv. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

cum arderet Syria bello,

Cic. Att. 5, 6; id. Fam. 4, 1; Liv. 28, 24 fin. al.—

Without an abl.:

ipse ardere videris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188 (incensus esse, B. and K.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 145:

omnium animi ad ulciscendum ardebant,

were fired, eager, Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

Ardet,

Ov. M. 6, 609:

ultro implacabilis ardet,

Verg. A. 12, 3:

ardet in arma,

id. ib. 12, 71; so,

in caedem,

Tac. H. 1, 43.— Poet. with inf. as object (cf. infra), to desire ardently to do a thing:

ruere ardet utroque,

Ov. M. 5, 166:

Ardet abire fugā dulcīsque relinquere terras,

Verg. A. 4, 281; 11, 895; Val. Fl. 6, 45.—Esp., to burn with love (syn. uror):

ex aequo captis ardebant mentibus ambo,

Ov. M. 4, 62:

deus arsit in illā,

id. ib. 8, 50 (cf.:

laborantes in uno Penelopen vitreamque Circen,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 19):

arsit Virgine raptā,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 6; and with acc. of the object loved (as supra, in constr. with the inf.): formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin, Corydon had a burning passion for, etc., Verg. E. 2, 1:

comptos arsit adulteri Crines,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 13:

delphini pueros miris et humanis modis arserunt,

Gell. 6, 8; cf. Arusian. Mess. p. 209 Lind.

arsus, roasted, Plin. Val. 2, 9.— ardens, entis, P. a., prop. on fire, burning; hence, glowing, fiery, ardent, hot, etc., lit. and trop.

Lit.: sol ardentissimus, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3:

ardentissimum tempus,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123:

Austri ardentes,

id. 12, 19, 42, § 93:

quinta (zona) est ardentior illis,

hotter, Ov. M. 1, 46:

ardens Africa,

Luc. 9, 729.—

Trop.

Of the eyes:

oculi,

glowing, Verg. G. 4, 451.—

Of color:

ardentissimus color,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16:

apes ardentes auro,

glowing, glittering as with gold, Verg. G. 4, 99; so id. A. 10, 262.—

Of wounds, burning, smarting:

ardenti morsu premere dolorem,

with burning bite, Lucr. 3, 663.—

Of wine, strong, fiery:

ardentis Falerni Pocula,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 19; cf. Mart. 9, 7, 45.—

Of passion or strong feeling, burning, glowing, eager, impatient, ardent:

avaritia ardens,

Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36:

mortem ardentiore studio petere,

id. ib. 2, 19, 61:

ardentes in eum litteras ad me misit,

id. Att. 14, 10 fin.:

ardentissimus dux,

Flor. 4, 2, 42; 1, 8, 2:

ardentissimus amor,

Vulg. 3, Reg. 11, 2:

studia,

Ov. M. 1, 199:

Nonne cor nostrum ardens erat in nobis,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

furor,

ib. Isa. 30, 27:

miserere ardentis (sc. amore),

Ov. M. 14, 691.— Poet. with gen.:

ardens caedis,

Stat. Th. 1, 662.—In Cic. freq. of passionate, excited discourse:

nec umquam is qui audiret, incenderetur, nisi ardens ad eum perveniret oratio,

Cic. Or. 38, 132:

verbum,

id. ib. 8, 27 (cf. id. Brut. 24 fin.):

nisi ipse (orator) inflammatus ad eam (mentem) et ardens accesserit,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

orator gravis, acer, ardens,

id. Or. 28, 99 al. — Adv. ardenter, only trop., in a burning, fiery, eager, passionate manner, ardently, eagerly, passionately:

ardenter aliquid cupere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

ardentius sitire,

to have a more burning thirst, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

ardentius diligere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7, id. Pan. 85, 7:

ardentius amare,

Suet. Calig. 25.— Sup.:

ardentissime diligere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3; Suet. Dom. 22.

flā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. phlegô, phlegethô, phlox; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398], to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.).

Lit.:

flagrantes onerariae,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

crinemque flagrantem excutere,

Verg. A. 2, 685:

flagrabant ignes,

Ov. F. 6, 439:

intima pars hominum vero flagrabat ad ossa,

Lucr. 6, 1168:

flocci molles et sine oleo flagrant,

Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28:

ut flagret (carbo),

id. 33, 13, 57, § 163.—

Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.).

To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked. —With abl.:

non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so,

desiderio tui,

id. ib. 7, 4, 1:

dicendi studio,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.:

eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

cupiditate atque amentia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12:

amore,

id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.:

cupidine currus,

Ov. M. 2, 104:

libidinibus in mulieres,

Suet. Gramm. 23:

odio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4:

bello flagrans Italia,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 8:

convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71.— Absol.:

flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,

id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:

uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,

Sall. C. 14, 6.— Poet. with acc. of respect, to love:

caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,

Prop. 1, 13, 23:

Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,

Verg. Cul. 220.—

Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion:

Elisam,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.—

To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer:

consules flagrant infamiā,

Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.:

invidiā et infamiā,

id. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

invidiā,

id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16:

infamiā,

id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44:

rumore malo,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 125;

ignominiā et pudore,

Flor. 2, 18:

inopiā et cupidinibus,

Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl.—Hence, flā̆grans, antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.

Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf.

telum,

Verg. G. 1, 331:

flagrantis hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.:

flagrantissimo aestu,

Liv. 44, 36, 7:

genae,

Verg. A. 12, 65:

oscula,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.—

Transf., of color, glittering, shining:

(Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,

Verg. A. 12, 167:

redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),

Sil. 12, 731.—

Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement:

oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,

id. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,

flickering, restless, Lucr. 4, 1165:

in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,

Tac. A. 14, 51:

flagrantissimus amor,

Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2:

Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,

Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39:

Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,

id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14 ext. 3:

studia plebis,

Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.:

aeger et flagrans animus,

id. ib. 3, 54:

flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,

Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1.—Hence, flā̆granter, adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.):

Germani exarsere flagrantius,

Amm. 31, 10, 5:

flagrantius amare,

Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.:

flagrantissime cupĕre,

Tac. A. 1, 3.

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ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a. [for uso from root us; cf. Gr. euô, to singe; auô, to kindle], to burn (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(sacer ignis) urit corpore serpens Quamcumque arripuit partem,

Lucr. 6, 660:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

id. 4, 871:

calidum hoc est: etsi procul abest, urit male,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 81:

urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum,

Verg. A. 7, 13:

homines in usum nocturni luminis,

Tac. A. 15, 44:

picem et ceras alimentaque cetera flammae,

Ov. M. 14, 533.—

In partic.

To burn up, destroy by fire, consume (syn. cremo):

hominem mortuum, inquit lex in XII., in urbe ne sepelito neve urito,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58 Mos.; so XII. Tab. ib. 2, 24, 60:

flamma cum corpora fulva leonum soleat torrere atque urere,

Lucr. 5, 898 (902): in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15:

agros,

Liv. 26, 21, 15:

urbes hostium,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

superbas Carthaginis arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 6:

Achaïcus Ignis Iliacas domos,

id. C. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

usto ab Ilio,

id. Epod. 10, 13:

ustis navibus,

id. ib. 9, 8:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

id. S. 1, 3, 37:

cum frondibus uritur arbos,

Ov. M. 2, 212 et saep.:

acanthi radices ustis laxatisque mire prosunt,

burned, scorched, Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76:

a sole usti,

id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

ecce sexus infirmus se uri perpetitur,

Lact. 5, 13, 14:

urbis hostium,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

praedas,

id. A. 4, 48:

regionem,

Curt. 4, 9, 8; 4, 14, 2.—

Of encaustic painting, to burn in (very rare):

picta coloribus ustis puppis,

Ov. F. 4, 275:

tabulam coloribus,

id. ib. 3, 831.—

Transf.

To burn, i. e. to scorch, parch, dry up; to sting or pain acutely (syn. torreo):

videmus ceteras partes incultas (terrarum), quod aut frigore rigeant aut urantur calore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

cum Sol gravis ureret arva,

Ov. M. 6, 339:

terras (Sol),

id. ib. 4, 194:

campum (seges),

Verg. G. 1, 77 sq.:

solum (cicer),

Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124:

vineas (fimum suillum),

id. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

urentes harenae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 31;

v. Orell. ad h. l.: sitis usserat herbas,

Ov. F. 4, 299:

sitis arida guttur Urit,

id. M. 11, 130:

fauces urit sitis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 114:

nec febribus uror anhelis,

Ov. P. 1, 10, 5:

pestilentia urens simul urbem atque agros,

Liv. 10, 47, 6:

dysenteria si urat,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 128: calx urit, discutit, extrahit, burns, heats (when taken as a medicine), id. 36, 24, 57, § 180:

uri, vinciri, ferroque necari,

Sen. Ep. 37, 1:

hae sunt, quarum Delicias et panniculus bombycinus urit,

oppresses, Juv. 6, 260.—

To rub sore; to gall, fret, chafe, corrode:

calceus... si pede minor, uret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:

si te gravis uret sarcina chartae,

id. ib. 1, 13, 6:

teneros urit lorica lacertos,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 23:

uri virgis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 58:

loris non ureris,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

antiqua terebra urit eam partem quam perforat: Gallica excavat nec urit,

Col. Arb. 8, 3:

ut prensos urant juga prima juvencos,

Ov. R. Am. 235. —

To pinch with cold; to nip, blast, wither:

pernoctant venatores in nive, in montibus uri se patiuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

Scythae continuis frigoribus uruntur,

Just. 2, 2, 9:

iis, quae frigus usserit, sunt remedio,

Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 119; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 8; id. F. 1, 680:

urebant montana nives,

Luc. 4, 52; Val. Fl. 2, 287.—

Trop., to burn, inflame, consume with passion; in pass., to burn, glow, be heated, be inflamed, be enamored; of love or lust:

me tamen urit amor,

Verg. E. 2, 68:

Daphnis me malus urit,

id. ib. 8, 83:

vires urit videndo Femina,

id. G. 3, 215:

urit me Glycerae nitor, Urit grata protervitas,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5 sq. — Pass.:

uritur infelix Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 68: Hor. Epod. 14, 13; Ov. M. 1, 496; 3, 464; 7, 22;

13, 763 al.: meum jecur urere bilis,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 66:

ira communiter urit utrumque,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13.— Pass.:

uror, seu, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 9.—Of envy:

urit fulgore suo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.—

Transf.

To vex, annoy:

uro hominem,

I gall the fellow, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 42; cf. pass.:

id nunc his cerebrum uritur, Me esse hos trecentos Philippos facturum lucri,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25. —

In gen., to disturb, harass, annoy, oppress:

eos bellum Romanum urebat,

Liv. 10, 17, 1; cf. pass.:

quo (bello) Italia urebatur,

id. 27, 39, 9:

labor aliquem urens,

id. 36, 23, 5:

captos legibus ure tuis,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 70:

populum gravis urebat infesto mari annona,

Vell. 2, 77, 1:

urebat nobilem populum ablatum mare,

Flor. 2, 6, 2.

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