heat (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. călor (in whatever degree)2. ardor (burning h.)3. fervor (glowing h.)4. văpor (in Cic. only of a gentle warmth. Sen. 15, 51; in other authors of atmospheric heat in all degrees)5. aestus, ūs (excessive, sultry h.)II. Fig.III. A course at a race • heat (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. călor (in whatever degree): the force of cold and h., vis frigoris et c., Cic.: Lucr. Esp. the heat of summer: in order to escape the h., vitandi c. causâ, Cic. Att. 13, 34: in pl. = season of h., continued h., summer: Liv. 2, 5: Hor. Of the h. of fever, Cels. 3, 6. 2. ardor (burning h.): to be consumed with scorching h., ardore deflagrare, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, extr.: in pl., the scorching h. [rays] of the sun, nimii solis a., Cic. Sen. 15, 53. Also of the h. of fever, in pl., Plin. 14, 16, 18. 3. fervor (glowing h.): h. of a purer, subtler kind, f. purior, mobilior, Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30: in pl. of continued h., Virg. G. 3, 154. Of the h. of fever, Lucr. 6, 657: Plin. 4. văpor (in Cic. only of a gentle warmth. Sen. 15, 51; in other authors of atmospheric heat in all degrees): (cattle) not able to bear the summer h., impatiens aestivi v., Col. 7, 3, med.: Plin.: Hor. 5. aestus, ūs (excessive, sultry h.): exhausted with toil and h., labore et a. languidus, Sall. Jug. 51: in pl., of continued h., Hor. Od. 1, 17, 18. Of the h. of fever, to be tossing with h. and fever, aestu febrique jactari, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31. II. Fig.: of youth, passion: fervor: h. of passion, f. pectoris, Hor. Od. 1, 16, 22: h. of youthful temperament, f. aetatis, Cic. Sen. 13, 45. Phr.: in the h. of youth, calidus juventa, Hor. Od. 3, 14, extr.: to do anything in the h. of passion, impetu et ira aliquid facere, Tac. Ger. 25; per iram, Cic. Tusc. 4., 37, 79. III. A course at a race: missus, ūs: v. Suet. Dom. 4, med. quo facilius centum missus peragerentur.