fire-brand Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. tĭtio, ōnis, m. (whether burning or not)2. torris, is, m. (actually burning)3. fax, făcis, f. (esp. for incendiary purposes)4. malleŏlus (a kind of missile for firing buildings, etc.)II. Fig. • fire-brand: I. Lit.: 1. tĭtio, ōnis, m. (whether burning or not): a blazing f., t. ardens, Apul.: extinguished f.s (without flame), extincti t., Cels. 2. torris, is, m. (actually burning): a blazing f., t. flagrans, Ov.; t. vivus, Val. Fl.: a f. all in flames, ambustus t., Virg. Aen. 12, 298. 3. fax, făcis, f. (esp. for incendiary purposes): to hurl f.s at dwellings, f. ardentes in tecta jactare, Cic. Harusp. 18, 39: v. sqq. 4. malleŏlus (a kind of missile for firing buildings, etc.): to get ready f.s [of all kinds] for setting fire to the city, m. et faces ad inflammandam urbem comparare, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32. II. Fig.: a mischievous person: fax: the f. of this war (Hannibal), f. hujus belli, Liv. 21, 10: f.s of the human race (Caligula and Nero), faces humani generis, Plin.: Cic.