hot Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. călĭdus (most gen. term)2. fervens, fervĭdus (glowing or boiling hot)3. candens, ntis4. aestuōsus (oppressively h., sultry)II. Of flavoursIII. Fig.IV. Also fig., furious, violent1. ācer, cris, cre2. atrox, ōcis (sanguinary, fierce) • hot: I. Lit.: 1. călĭdus (most gen. term): to drink what is h., calidum bibere, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 14: a h. sun, c. sol, Gell.: Cic.: Quint. The fem. calida (sync. calda) is often used as subs. (sc. aqua) = h. water, Cato, R. R. 156: Sen.: Mart. 2. fervens, fervĭdus (glowing or boiling hot): boiling h. water, fervens aqua, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, fin.; as h. as it can be made, ferventissima, Col. 12, 50, fin.: h. ashes, cinis fervens, Plin. 25, 8, 50: Caes.: v. glowing. 3. candens, ntis: v. red-hot. 4. aestuōsus (oppressively h., sultry): a h. and dusty road, ae. et pulverulenta via, Cic. Att. 5, 14: the S. wind is h., ae. (est) auster, Plin. 2, 47, 48: Hor. To be h.: (1). căleo, ui, 2: I gulped it down; for it was so very h., obsorbui, nam nimis calebat, Pl. Mil. 3, 2, 22: we perceive that fire is h., sentimus c. ignem, Cic. Incept., calesco, 3 (to become or grow h.): Cic.: Ov. (2). ferveo (and vo), vi and bui, 2 and rarely 3 (to be glowing h.): v. to glow. (3). aestuo, 1 (to be uncomfortably h.): when he was too h., quum aestuaret, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 70: Ov.: Juv. II. Of flavours: fervĭdus: a h., acrid taste, sapor acer et f., Plin. 20, 11, 40: esp. of wines, heating, heady: Hor. III. Fig.: of eager passion: călĭdus, fervĭdus: v. fervid, ardent. IV. Also fig., furious, violent: 1. ācer, cris, cre: a very h. encounter, acerrimus concursus, Nep. Eum. 4: Tac. 2. atrox, ōcis (sanguinary, fierce): where the fight is hottest, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, Liv. 2, 46: v. obstinate.
HOT Copy link • HOTPROPR., calidus (warm, more or less; opposed to frigidus): candens (of a glowing heat, red hot): fervens: fervidus (boiling hot): aestuans (that really, or, as it were, boils up or ferments with heat): aestuosus (full of boiling or fermenting heat, sultry; e.g., a wind, a day, road, etc.): ardens: flagrans (on fire, inflames; figuratively, of the passions): red hot, rutilus: a hot day, dies calidus, fervens, aestuosus: in hot weather, and along a dusty road, I ended my journey, iter conficiebamus aestuosa et pulverulenta via: to be hot, calere, candere, fervere, aestuare (with the same difference as the adjectives above): to grow or become hot, calefieri: calescere: incalescere: fervescere: effervescere: candescere: incandescere, also with aestu (this, however, only with the poets): to make or render hot, calefacere (also figuratively = to roast anybody; to attack or set upon him with words; Vid: Cic., Quint. Fr., 3, 2, in.); fervefacere (PROP.). To be hot, candere (to grow red by the heat of fire): ardere (to be on fire): fervere (to be boiling hot): aestuare (stronger than fervere = to be in agitation and ferment through heat). FIG., ardere (of the glow of the eyes; then, also, of the heat of the passions): flagrare (stronger than ardere, of the wild bursting forth of violent passions): to be hot with anger, ira ardere or flagrare: to be hot after anybody (i. e., to feel violent love), ardere amore alicujus (☞ poetically, ardere aliquo or aliquem). A hot soil, solum fervens or (stronger) aestuosum (Plin., 15, 5, 6; 17, 19, 31): hot wines, vina fervida (Hor., Sat., 2, 8, 38). Hot oven, furnus calidus (Plaut.). Hot-air pipes, impressi parietibus tubi, per quos circumfunditur calor, qui ima simul et summa fovet aequaliter. Hot springs, aquae calidae or calentes; aquae calidae, or aquarum calentium fontes. figuratively, (a) Too lively, too violent, calidus: ardens: fervens or fervidus: acer (violent; then, also, very lively): a hot horse, equus calidus or acer: a hot temper, ingenium ardens or fervidum: a hot youth, a youth of hot temperament, juvenis ferventis animi: hot in one’s decisions, rapidus in consiliis suis (Liv., 22, 12): a hot engagement, pugna acris; proelium acre: where the battle is at the hottest, ubi Mars est atrocissimus (Liv., 2, 46): when the contest became hotter, certamine acoenso: there was some hot fighting, acriter pugnabatur; magna vi certabatur; acriter or acerrime proeliabantur (sc. nostri et equites): hot after anything (too eager or desirous for it), flagrans cupiditate alicujus rei; cupidissimus alicujus rei. (b) Angry, inclined to anger, iratus: iracundus: praeceps ingenio in iram: pronus in iram (general terms): concitatus (roused, excited, as a mob): ira incensus, flagrans, ardens (very angry): to be hot, ira flagrare, ardere (figuratively, to be very angry): anybody is terribly hot, aliquis furenter irascitur.