storm Copy link Outline I. Of the elements1. tempestas (gen. term)2. prŏcella (of a sudden and violent kind)3. hiems, ĕmis, f. (poet.) boisterous s. on the deep, aspera h. ponti, Virg. Aen. 2, 110.II. Assault of a fortified place • storm: I. Of the elements: also by anal. of any violent commotion or outbreak: 1. tempestas (gen. term): he encountered so terrible a storm as ..., (eum) adeo atrox adorta tempestas est ..., Liv. 21, 58: a violent thunderstorm suddenly burst forth, subito (est) coorta t. cum magno frigore tonitribusque, id. 1, 16: Cic.: v. tempest. Fig: s. of unpopularity, t. invidiae, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22: a s. of complaints, t. querelarum, id. Pis. 36, 89. Join: tempestates et procellae [rerum], id. Mil. 2, 5. 2. prŏcella (of a sudden and violent kind): v. squall. Also used fig., esp. in pl.: s.s of sedition, seditionum procellae, Liv. 28, 25 Cic. 3. hiems, ĕmis, f. (poet.) boisterous s. on the deep, aspera h. ponti, Virg. Aen. 2, 110.: Hor. Fig.: s. of war, h. rerum, Claud. Phr. a s. of rain, imber (maximus, densissimus) and more expressively, nimborum vis effusa, Sen. N. Q. 6., 1, 6 (v. rain): s.s of thunder and rain suddenly break forth, imbres et tonitrua derepente exsistere, Gell. 10, 12. II. Assault of a fortified place: esp. in phr. to take by s.: expugno, 1: more fully., per vim ex., Caes. B. C. 3, 55: armis ex., Sall. Jug. 23: also, vi capere, Liv. 10, 9: v. to attack, besiege.