rage (v.) Copy link Outline I. To be violently exasperated or angry1. fŭro, 32. saevio, 4II. Fig.1. fŭro, 3 (poet.)2. saevio, 4 • rage (v.): I. To be violently exasperated or angry: 1. fŭro, 3: the consul begins to r., consul coepit furere, Liv. 22, 39: to r. against any one, f. adversus aliquem, Suet. Tib. 61. Join: insanire ac furere, Cic. Verr. 4, 18, 39; furere et bacchari, id. Brut. 80, 276. Comp. perfŭro, 3 (to r. greatly): Virg. Aen. 9, 343 (incensus et ipse perfurit). 2. saevio, 4: a r.ing mob, saeviens turba, Liv. 8, 24: the ignoble mob r. in their souls, saevit animis ignobile vulgus, Virg. Aen. 1, 149: to r. against oneself, in se ipsum s., Liv. 1, 53: the father r.s because his son won't marry, pater ardens s., quod filius uxorem recuset, Hor. S. 1, 4, 49. Strengthened, dēsaevio, 4: Virg. Aen. 10, 569. For further examples of phr. to be in a r., v. rage, subs. (I.). II. Fig.: to be violent and tumultuous (of things and passions): 1. fŭro, 3 (poet.): the black storm r., atra tempestas f., Virg. Aen. 5, 694: the fire r.s, ignis f., id. G. 3, 100: Hor. 2. saevio, 4: the wind r.s, ventus s., Caes. B. G. 3, 13: the sea r.s with the winds, mare ventis s., Sall. J. 78: fortune begins to r., s. fortuna coepit, id. C. 10: let fortune r. and excite new storms, saeviat, atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 126. Strengthened, dēsaevio: the storm r.s on the sea, pelago desaevit hiems, Virg. Aen. 4, 52.