fire (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The element1. ignis, is, m.2. flamma (strictly flameII. A f. kindled1. ignis2. ignĭcŭlus (a small f.)3. fŏcusIII. A conflagrationIV. Discharge of artilleryV. The disease St. Anthony's f., sacer ignisVI. Fig., vehemence, ardour • fire (subs.): I. The element: 1. ignis, is, m.: we feel that f. is hot, sentimus ignem calere, Cic.: to strike f. with a flint, i. lapidum conflictu atque tritu elicere, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; i. excudere, Plin.: Virg.: to heap wood round and set it on f., ligna circumdare et i. subjicere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, 69: to apply f., i. admovere, Cic.: to catch f., ignem concipere, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, fin.: i. comprehendere, Caes. B. C. 5, 43: to ravage by f. and sword, ferro ignique, ferro atque i. vastare, Cic. 2. flamma (strictly flame: esp. poet. in this sense): v. flame. To catch f., flammam concipere, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: f. and water (prov. of things antagonistic), prius flamma undis, Poet. in Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49: "where there's smoke there's fire," semper f. fumo proxima, Pl. Curc. 1, 1, 53. II. A f. kindled: 1. ignis: a slow f., lentus i., Plin.; i. exiguus, Virg. G. 1, 196: water boils when a f. is kindled beneath it, subditis i., aquae effervescunt, Cic.: to light a f., i. accendere, Virg.; i. facere, Caes. (v. to kindle): to put any thing on the f., ignem alicui rei subdere, subjicere (v. supr. I.). Poet.: of lightning, stars, etc.: gleaming f. (lightning), i. coruscus, Hor.: the moon is bright among the lesser f.s (the stars), micat inter ignes luna minores, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 46. Fig.: lest this spark of f. kindle a vast conflagration, ne parvus hic i. incendium ingens exsuscitet, Liv. 21, 3, extr.: the f.s (of anger) blazed up in his soul, exarsere ignes animo, Virg.: she is consumed by secret fire (of love), caeco carpitur i., Virg. 2. ignĭcŭlus (a small f.): to call for a little f. at mid-winter, i. brumae tempore poscere, Juv. 3, 102. 3. fŏcus: v. fire-side. Phr.: to keep a good f., luculento camino uti, Cic. Fam. 7, 10: to put oil on the f., oleum camino addere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 321: to pile logs upon the f., ligna super foco reponere, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 5. III. A conflagration: incendium: to cause, kindle a f., i. facere, Cic. Par. 4, 31; i. excitare, Cic. Mur. 25, extr.; exsuscitare, Liv. 21, 3, extr.: to put out a f., i. restinguere (exs.), Cic. Mur. l. c.: Sall. (v. to extinguish): the f. broke out in the Circus, principium incendii ortum est in (Circo), Tac. Ann. 15, 38: the f. spread furiously, impetu pervagatum i., Tac. l. c. 39: the f. was got under after six days, sexto demum die finis incendio factus, Tac. l. c. 40: a house on f. (domus), occupata igni, Gell. 15, 1: to cry "Fire," incendium conclamare (of a number of persons), Sen. Ir. 3, 43, 3. Fig.: love makes a f. in my heart, mihi in pectore [atque in corde] facit amor i., Pl.: inflamed by the (raging) f.s of passion, cupiditatum incendiis inflammatus, Cic.: Ov. IV. Discharge of artillery: conjectus, ūs: v. volley. Phr.: (any one is) between two f.s, hac urget lupus. hac canis (angit), Hor. S. 2, 2, 64; *utrobique urgent, incessunt, hostes. V. The disease St. Anthony's f., sacer ignis: Cels.: v. erysipelas. VI. Fig., vehemence, ardour: impĕtus, vis, vĭgor, etc.: otherwise there can be no f. or energy in speech, aliter in oratione nec impetus ullus nec vis esse potest, Cic. Or. 68, 229: speeches which are read lose all their f., actiones quae recitantur impetum omnem caloremque perdunt, Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 2: they saw the same energy in his features, the same f. in his eye, eundem vigorem in vultu, eandem vim in oculis intueri, Liv. 21, 4, init.: the f. of (youthful) age, fervor aetatis, Hor. Od. 1, 17, 24: Aeschines was characterized by majesty, Demosthenes by f., sonitum Aeschines, vim Demosthenes habuit, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28. See also fervour, ardour, vehemence. Phr.: to lose his f. (of an orator), languescere, Cic. Sen. 9, 28.