anger Copy link Outline 1. īra (denoting the emotion as actually existing)2. īrācundĭa (prop. denoting a natural proneness to anger, from iracundus; and hence, a violent fit of anger)3. bīlis, is, f. (lit. the bile)4. stŏmăchus, i (lit. the stomach, as the reservoir of the bile • anger: 1. īra (denoting the emotion as actually existing): a. is a short madness, ira furor brevis est, Hor.: perhaps some single word has stirred up this a. between them, fortasse unum aliquod verbum inter eas iram hanc conciverit, Ter.: to do anything in a., aliquid per iram facere, Cic.: to give way to a., irae indulgere, Liv.: to lay aside a., iram ponere, Hor.: to turn one's a. against a person, iram in aliquem vertere, Hor.: let his a. cool, defervescat ira, Cic.: v. wrath, indignation. 2. īrācundĭa (prop. denoting a natural proneness to anger, from iracundus; and hence, a violent fit of anger): the man blazed out with a. and irritation, homo exarsit iracundia ac stomacho, Cic.: v. irascibility, passion. 3. bīlis, is, f. (lit. the bile): that excites one's a., bilem id commovet, Cic.: to vent one's a., b. effundere, Juv.: v. bile. 4. stŏmăchus, i (lit. the stomach, as the reservoir of the bile: v. supr. 3): to laugh in the midst of a., in stomacho ridere, Cic.: esp. in phr. to excite any one's a., movere alicui stomachum, Cic.: v. vexation.--(Note. Both this and the preceding word denote rather an ebullition of vexation, than stern, settled anger.) Phr.: to do anything in a., aliquid irate facere, Phaedr.: Col.: v. angrily: prone to a., iracundus: v. angry. v. indignation, fury, irritation.