to steam

văpōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [vapor]

Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.

Lit.:

aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,

Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5:

aquae fontanae vaporantes,

Sol. 21.—

Trop., to glow, burn:

invidiā quoniam, ceu fulmine, summa vaporant Plerumque,

Lucr. 5, 1132.—

Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm:

vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),

Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6:

templum ture vaporant,

fumigate, perfume, Verg. A. 11, 481:

altaria,

Stat. Th. 1, 455:

vaporato caespite,

Calp. Ecl. 2, 62:

cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,

i. e. are suffocated by the fumes, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95:

glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,

warmed, Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.:

laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7:

dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,

to be steamed, to receive the vapor, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170:

oculos spongiis expressis,

Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.:

morbi, quos vaporari oportet,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.:

inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,

Pers. 1, 126.

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cālīgo ( call-), ĭnis, f. [root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella], a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

suffundere caelum caligine,

Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92:

(ignis) piceă crassus caligine,

Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7:

densa caligo occaecaverat diem,

id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,

Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

caligo aestuosa,

Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57:

nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,

id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.:

inter caligines,

Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,

Transf.

(Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae;

class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,

i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3:

erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,

id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit;

sole orto est discussa,

id. 29, 27, 7:

nox terram caligine texit,

Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649:

caeca noctis,

id. 4, 457:

caecae umbra,

id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203:

quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,

Ov. M. 4, 455:

ara obscurā caligine tecta,

Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.:

caligo tenebrarum,

Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.;

and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,

App. M. 9, p. 214.—

Trop.

In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception:

quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen [p. 270] per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207:

Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,

to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —

Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom:

vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

superioris anni,

id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt?

id. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16:

quaedam scelerum offusa caligo,

Quint. 9, 3, 47.—

In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.

cālīgo, āre, v. n. [1. caligo].

To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek:

amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.:

omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,

Verg. A. 2, 606.—

Transf.

To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy:

caligare oculos,

darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —

Poet.:

altae caligantesque fenestrae,

dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—

Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about:

orbatae caligant vela carinae,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 238:

caligare ad pervidendum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1:

virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.:

rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,

Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.:

caligare in sole,

to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—

In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.— Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted:

caligans Thyestes,

Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

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to smoke, steam, reek

assus, a, um, adj. [qs. artus, then arsus, then assus; cf.: areo, ardeo, Van.], roasted.

Lit.:

elixus esse quam assus soleo suavior,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 66:

mergi,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 51:

turdi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

passeris assi,

id. ib. 2, 8, 29 Bentl. (K. and H., atque):

quibus (piscibus) assis Languidus in cubitum jam se conviva reponet,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38; so Vulg. Luc. 24, 42: res eadem magis alit jurulenta quam assa;

magis assa quam elixa,

Cels. 2, 18; so,

pulmo,

Plin. 30, 15, 51, § 145:

carnes assae igni,

Vulg. Exod. 12, 8:

assa caro bubula,

ib. 1 Par. 16, 3:

assum (quid) igni,

ib. Exod. 12, 9:

ova,

Scrib. Comp. 221.—Also, subst.: assum, i, n., a roast, roasted meat:

vitulinum,

roast veal, Cic. Fam. 9, 20.—On the pun with assum = adsum, v. adsum init. —

Meton. (prop. dried with heat, hence), dry, simple, mere: sudatio, a steam or sweating-bath, Gr. xêroi hidrôtes, Cels. 3, 27; also, subst.: assa, ōrum, n., = sudatorium, a sweating - bath, sudatory (without bathing), Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.: assa cella: aphidrôtêrion, Gloss. Vet.: sol, a simple basking in the sun without a previous anointing, Cic. Att. 12, 6.— Absol. or with nutrix, a dry-nurse:

Hoc monstrant vetulae pueris repentibus assae,

Juv. 14, 208:

assae nutricis est infantem magis diligere quam adultum,

Front. Ep. ad Ant. 1, 5:

VOLVMNIAE DYNAMIDI NVTRICI ASSAE ET LIB....,

Inscr. Murat. 1512, 6:

lapides,

rough, unhewn stone, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417: vox, the simple voice, unaccompanied by any instrument, Non. pp. 76 and 77; cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17; inversely, assae tibiae, [p. 183] pipes not accompanied by the voice, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417.