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hĭĕmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [hiems].

Of persons, to pass the winter, to winter; of soldiers, to keep in winter-quarters:

ubi piratae quotannis hiemare soleant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104:

naviget ac mediis hiemet mercator in undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 71:

assidue in Urbe,

Suet. Aug. 72:

tres (legiones), quae circum Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3:

legionem hiemandi causa collocaret,

id. ib. 3, 1:

cupio scire quid agas et ubi sis hiematurus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 1:

facies me certiorem, quomodo hiemaris,

id. Att. 6, 1 fin. —

Of things, to be wintry, frozen, cold, stormy (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): hiemantes aquae, Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

atrum Defendens pisces hiemat mare,

storms, Hor. S. 2, 2, 17; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; cf.: repente hiemavit tempestas... totus hiemavit annus... hiemante Aquilone, Arrunt. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

delphini vespertino occasu continui dies hiemant Italiae,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

Impers., hiemat, it is winter weather, wintry, cold, frosty (post-Aug.):

decimo sexto Cal. Febr. Cancer desinit occidere: hiemat,

Col. 11, 2, 4:

vehementer hiemat,

id. ib. 20:

hiemat cum frigore et gelicidiis,

id. ib. 78; Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348.—

Act., to congeal, freeze, turn to ice (post-Aug.):

decoquunt alii aquas, mox et illas hiemant,

Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55 (for which:

decoquere aquam vitroque demissam in nives refrigerare,

id. 31, 3, 23, § 40):

hiemato lacu,

id. 9, 22, 38, § 75.

fŏvĕo, fōvi, fōtum, 2, v. a. [Corss. assumes a root bhag-, to be hot; Gr. phôgein, to roast; O. H. Germ. bachan; Germ. backen; Engl. bake; hence, fovere for fog-vēre; favilla for fag-villa; and to this refers: favere, faustus, etc., Ausspr. 1, 142; 2, 1004; but cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 188, and v. faveo], to warm, keep warm (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; syn.: calefacio: faveo, studeo, adjuvo, etc.).

Lit.:

nisi sol sua pro parte fovet tribuitque calorem,

Lucr. 1, 807; cf. id. 1, 1033:

ut et pennis (pullos) foveant, ne frigore laedantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129; cf.:

pulli a matribus exclusi fotique,

id. ib. 2, 48, 124:

fetus rigentes apprimendo pectori,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127:

laridum atque epulas foveri foculis ferventibus,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67:

quos sancta fovet ille manu, bene vivitis ignes,

i. e. keeps up, Ov. F. 3, 427;

for which, in a different construction: fovet ignibus aras,

id. M. 7, 427:

nomen in marmore lectum Perfudit lacrimis et aperto pectore fovit,

warmed the name with her naked breast, id. ib. 2, 339.—

Transf., to cherish, foster any thing.

Physically. So of diseased parts of the body, to foment (whether with warm or cold remedies):

dumque manet corpus, corpus refoventque foventque,

Ov. M. 8, 536:

nares exulceratas fovere oportet vapore aquae calidae,

Cels. 6, 8:

multa aqua prius calida, post egelida fovendum os caputque,

id. 4, 2, 4:

genua calido aceto,

Col. 6, 12, 4:

nervos cortice et foliis in vino decoctis,

Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 58; 32, 9, 34, § 106:

cutem lacte asinino,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 183:

os quoque multa frigida aqua fovendum est,

Cels. 1, 5; 1, 3 init.:

cutem frigida et ante et postea,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

vulnus lymphă,

Verg. A. 12, 420.— Poet., in gen. (a favorite word with Vergil): interdum gremio fovet inscia Dido (puerum), cherishes, holds in her lap, Verg. A. 1, 718:

germanam sinu,

id. ib. 4, 686:

cunctantem lacertis amplexu molli,

i. e. to embrace, enfold, id. ib. 8, 388:

animas et olentia Medi ora fovent,

id. G. 2, 135:

ipse aeger, anhelans Colla fovet,

i. e. leans against the tree, id. A. 10, 838: castra fovere, to remain in the camp (the figure being that of a bird brooding over its nest), id. ib. 9, 57:

(coluber) fovit humum,

id. G. 3, 420;

and transf. to a period of time: nunc hiemem inter se luxu, quam longa, fovere, Regnorum immemores,

sit the winter through, pass the winter, id. A. 4, 193.—

Mentally, to cherish, caress, love, favor, support, assist, encourage:

scribis de Caesaris summo in nos amore. Hunc et tu fovebis et nos quibuscumque poterimus rebus augebimus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

inimicum meum sic fovebant, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

Vettienum, ut scribis, et Faberium foveo,

id. Att. 15, 13, 3:

et eo puto per Pomponium fovendum tibi esse Hortensium,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8; cf. also Quint. 1, 2, 16:

(duo duces) pugnantes hortabantur et prope certa fovebant spe,

encouraged, animated, Liv. 38, 6, 5:

tribuni plebis in cooptandis collegis patrum voluntatem foverunt,

id. 3, 65, 1; cf.:

res alicujus,

id. 24, 36, 9; 26, 36, 6:

spem potentioris,

id. 40, 5, 5:

rex statuerat utram foveret partem,

id. 42, 29, 11; cf. id. 5, 3, 9:

consilia alicujus,

Tac. H. 1, 46:

spectator populus hos, rursus illos clamore et plausu fovebat,

id. ib. 3, 83:

tu mihi gubernacula rei publicae petas fovendis hominum sensibus et deleniendis animis et adhibendis voluptatibus?

by pampering, Cic. Mur. 35, 74:

partes alicujus,

Tac. H. 1, 8; 1, 14:

adolescentiam alicujus exhortationibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; cf.:

ut propria naturae bona doctrina foverent,

Quint. 2, 8, 3:

ingenia et artes,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet,

i. e. dwell upon, think over, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1:

vota animo,

Ov. M. 7, 633:

spem,

Mart. 9, 49, 4:

nequiquam eos perditam spem fovere,

Liv. 22, 53, 4; cf. Tac. H. 1, 62; Val. Max. 6 praef. § 9; cf. conversely: ut spes vos foveat, may sustain you, Just. Inst. prooem. 7:

hoc regnum dea gentibus esse, jam tum tenditque fovetque,

cherishes, Verg. A. 1, 18: dum illud tractabam, de quo antea scripsi ad te, quasi fovebam dolores meos (the fig. being taken from the fomenting of diseased parts of the body;

v. above, II. A.),

Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:

pantomimos fovebat effusius,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 4.

hīberno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [hibernus], to pass the winter, to winter.

In gen.:

furcillas reducit hibernatum in tecta,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6:

(thynni) ubicumque deprehensi usque ad aequinoctium, ibi hibernant,

Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 51:

exercitum in agrum Vescinum hibernatum duxit,

Liv. 10, 46, 9:

novas (naves) Panormi subducit, ut in sicco hibernarent,

id. 29, 1, 14.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to keep in winter-quarters:

jam vero quemadmodum milites hibernent, quotidie sermones ac litterae perferuntur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39; id. Fam. 7, 17, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 46 fin.; Liv. 22, 16; 26, 1.—

Poet. transf., to rest, repose, Pers. 6, 7.

tŏlĕrābĭlis, e, adj. [tolero].

Pass., that may be borne, bearable, supportable, endurable, passable, tolerable (class.):

amicitiae si tolerabiles erunt, ferendae sunt,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

tolerabilis conditio servitutis,

id. Cat. 4, 8, 16:

genus rei publicae,

id. Rep. 1, 26, 42:

fenus,

id. Att. 6, 1, 16:

hoc utcumque tolerabile: gravius illud quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 2:

regi tolerabili, aut, si vultis, etiam amabili,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; cf.

orator,

id. Brut. 48, 178:

oratores,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 8:

Minucius jam ante vix tolerabilis,

Liv. 22, 27, 1:

non tolerabile numen,

Verg. A. 5, 768:

habitus,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 1.— Comp.:

senectus,

Cic. Sen. 3, 8:

tolerabilius est sic dicere, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.— Sup.:

sententia,

Dig. 28, 5, 18. —

Act., that can easily bear or endure, enduring, sustaining, supporting (rare; not in Cic.;

but cf. tolerabiliter, 2.): homo,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

quas (oves) ille tempore auctumni ratus adhuc esse tolerabiles,

i. e. able to support the winter, Col. 7, 3, 14.— Adv.: tŏlĕrābĭ-lĭter.

Bearably, passably, tolerably:

facere aliquid,

Col. 11, 2, 85:

dicere,

id. 2, 2, 3:

dare veratrum,

Cels. 2, 13.—

For toleranter, patiently:

etenim si dolores eosdem tolerabilius patiuntur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42; so,

tolerabilius ferre igniculum desiderii,

id. Fam. 15, 20, 2.