rage (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Violent anger1. fŭror, ōris, m. (prop. madness)2. răbes, em, ē, f. (esp. poet.)3. fŭriae, pl. (poet. for furor or rabies)4. īra5. īrācundia6. stŏmăchus (in this sense poet.)7. saevĭtiaII. Vehemence or excitement of anything painfulIII. Enthusiasm, rapture (Cowley)IV. Vehemence of the natural elements1. fŭror2. răbies3. saevĭtiaV. Eagerness, violent passion for anything • rage (subs.): I. Violent anger: 1. fŭror, ōris, m. (prop. madness): blind r., caecus f., Hor. Epod. 7, 13: blind with r., caecus furore, Liv. 28, 22: impelled by r. and madness, furore atque amentia impulsus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: an unaccountable r. seizes the man, mirus invadit f. alicui, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2: to do anything in a r., *furore abreptum, accensum aliquid facere: to put any one in a r., impellere aliquem in furorem, Cic. Join: furor effrenatus, indomitus, praeceps, flammatus atque ignitus. 2. răbes, em, ē, f. (esp. poet.): r. armed Archilochus with its appropriate Iambus, Archilochum proprio r. armavit Iambo, Hor. A. P. 79: hostile r., r. hostilis, Liv. 29, 8. 3. fŭriae, pl. (poet. for furor or rabies): all Etruria rose up with just r., omnis furiis surrexit Etruria justis, Virg. Aen. 8, 494. 4. īra: with renewed r., redintegrata ira, Liv. 8, 32: v. anger. 5. īrācundia: to be in a great or very great r.. iracundia efferari, Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305: exardescere iracundia et stomacho, Cic. Verr. 2, 20, 48: to restrain one's r., iracundiam reprimere, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 3; i. cohibere, Cic. Marc. 3, 8: incited by r., iracundia incitatus, Auct. pro Dom. 33, 88. 6. stŏmăchus (in this sense poet.): the deadly r. of Achilles, gravis Pelidae stomachus, Hor. Od. 1, 6, 6. 7. saevĭtia: after long sustaining the r. of the enemy, diu sustentata hostium saevitia, Tac. A. 2, 11. II. Vehemence or excitement of anything painful: răbies. the r. of thirst and hunger (Pope), r. sitis et ventris: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 357. III. Enthusiasm, rapture (Cowley): fŭror: Cic. IV. Vehemence of the natural elements: 1. fŭror: the r. of storms, coeli f. (aequinoctialis), Cat. 46, 2. 2. răbies: the r. of the winds, r. ventorum, Ov. M. 5, 7: the r. of the heaven and of the sea, furores et r. coelique marisque, Virg. Aen. 5, 802. 3. saevĭtia: the r. of the sea, s. maris, Vell. 1, 2: the r. of the storms, s. tempestatum, Plin. 2, 47, 47 § 125. V. Eagerness, violent passion for anything: stŭdium, căcŏēthĕs: v. passion (V.). See also eagerness. Also perh. insānia, which is used of any kind of extravagance: cf. Cic. Quint. 3, 1, 2: v. mania.