rage (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Violent anger1. fŭror, ōris, m. (prop. madness)2. răbes, em, ē, f. (esp. poet.)3. fŭriae, pl. (poet. for furor or rabies)4. īra5. īrācundia6. stŏmăchus (in this sense poet.)7. saevĭtiaII. Vehemence or excitement of anything painfulIII. Enthusiasm, rapture (Cowley)IV. Vehemence of the natural elements1. fŭror2. răbies3. saevĭtiaV. Eagerness, violent passion for anything • rage (subs.): I. Violent anger: 1. fŭror, ōris, m. (prop. madness): blind r., caecus f., Hor. Epod. 7, 13: blind with r., caecus furore, Liv. 28, 22: impelled by r. and madness, furore atque amentia impulsus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: an unaccountable r. seizes the man, mirus invadit f. alicui, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2: to do anything in a r., *furore abreptum, accensum aliquid facere: to put any one in a r., impellere aliquem in furorem, Cic. Join: furor effrenatus, indomitus, praeceps, flammatus atque ignitus. 2. răbes, em, ē, f. (esp. poet.): r. armed Archilochus with its appropriate Iambus, Archilochum proprio r. armavit Iambo, Hor. A. P. 79: hostile r., r. hostilis, Liv. 29, 8. 3. fŭriae, pl. (poet. for furor or rabies): all Etruria rose up with just r., omnis furiis surrexit Etruria justis, Virg. Aen. 8, 494. 4. īra: with renewed r., redintegrata ira, Liv. 8, 32: v. anger. 5. īrācundia: to be in a great or very great r.. iracundia efferari, Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305: exardescere iracundia et stomacho, Cic. Verr. 2, 20, 48: to restrain one's r., iracundiam reprimere, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 3; i. cohibere, Cic. Marc. 3, 8: incited by r., iracundia incitatus, Auct. pro Dom. 33, 88. 6. stŏmăchus (in this sense poet.): the deadly r. of Achilles, gravis Pelidae stomachus, Hor. Od. 1, 6, 6. 7. saevĭtia: after long sustaining the r. of the enemy, diu sustentata hostium saevitia, Tac. A. 2, 11. II. Vehemence or excitement of anything painful: răbies. the r. of thirst and hunger (Pope), r. sitis et ventris: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 357. III. Enthusiasm, rapture (Cowley): fŭror: Cic. IV. Vehemence of the natural elements: 1. fŭror: the r. of storms, coeli f. (aequinoctialis), Cat. 46, 2. 2. răbies: the r. of the winds, r. ventorum, Ov. M. 5, 7: the r. of the heaven and of the sea, furores et r. coelique marisque, Virg. Aen. 5, 802. 3. saevĭtia: the r. of the sea, s. maris, Vell. 1, 2: the r. of the storms, s. tempestatum, Plin. 2, 47, 47 § 125. V. Eagerness, violent passion for anything: stŭdium, căcŏēthĕs: v. passion (V.). See also eagerness. Also perh. insānia, which is used of any kind of extravagance: cf. Cic. Quint. 3, 1, 2: v. mania.
rage (v.) Copy link Outline I. To be violently exasperated or angry1. fŭro, 32. saevio, 4II. Fig.1. fŭro, 3 (poet.)2. saevio, 4 • rage (v.): I. To be violently exasperated or angry: 1. fŭro, 3: the consul begins to r., consul coepit furere, Liv. 22, 39: to r. against any one, f. adversus aliquem, Suet. Tib. 61. Join: insanire ac furere, Cic. Verr. 4, 18, 39; furere et bacchari, id. Brut. 80, 276. Comp. perfŭro, 3 (to r. greatly): Virg. Aen. 9, 343 (incensus et ipse perfurit). 2. saevio, 4: a r.ing mob, saeviens turba, Liv. 8, 24: the ignoble mob r. in their souls, saevit animis ignobile vulgus, Virg. Aen. 1, 149: to r. against oneself, in se ipsum s., Liv. 1, 53: the father r.s because his son won't marry, pater ardens s., quod filius uxorem recuset, Hor. S. 1, 4, 49. Strengthened, dēsaevio, 4: Virg. Aen. 10, 569. For further examples of phr. to be in a r., v. rage, subs. (I.). II. Fig.: to be violent and tumultuous (of things and passions): 1. fŭro, 3 (poet.): the black storm r., atra tempestas f., Virg. Aen. 5, 694: the fire r.s, ignis f., id. G. 3, 100: Hor. 2. saevio, 4: the wind r.s, ventus s., Caes. B. G. 3, 13: the sea r.s with the winds, mare ventis s., Sall. J. 78: fortune begins to r., s. fortuna coepit, id. C. 10: let fortune r. and excite new storms, saeviat, atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 126. Strengthened, dēsaevio: the storm r.s on the sea, pelago desaevit hiems, Virg. Aen. 4, 52.
RAGE Copy link • RAGE 1. s. Vehemence, fury, rabies; saevitia; furor (only in poetry, and post-Augustan prose). [SYN. in FURY.] Anger excited to fury, ira (anger): indignatio; iracundia (great rage, violent anger) [Vid: ANGER]: to fall into a rage, indignatione exardescere; ira incendi; into a great rage, iracundia ac stomacho exardescere; iracundia efferri or infiammari: to put anybody in a rage, stomachum alicui movere or facere; iram alicujus concire. Eager desire, studium (immodicum; e g., a rage for building, *immodicum, or insanum, aedificandi studium): aviditas (insatiable passionate desire; e.g., gloriae, imperandi, etc.): temeritas aliquid faciendi (a rash, thoughtless fondness for doing it: e.g., a rage for play, temeritas lucrandi perdendive, Tac., Germ., 24, 3). To have a rage for anything, omni impetu ferri ad aliquid. 2. v. To be furious, furere (of persons; of things personified, only in the poets): saevire (to be savagely violent; of persons, and also of things; mare ventis, Sall.; ventus, Caes., B.G., 3, 13, fin.; and poetically of lust, love, etc.). To be violently angry, indignari: ira incendi, exacerbari, or excandescere: iracundia exardescere, infiammari, efferri.