storm Copy link Outline I. Of the elements1. tempestas (gen. term)2. prŏcella (of a sudden and violent kind)3. hiems, ĕmis, f. (poet.) boisterous s. on the deep, aspera h. ponti, Virg. Aen. 2, 110.II. Assault of a fortified place • storm: I. Of the elements: also by anal. of any violent commotion or outbreak: 1. tempestas (gen. term): he encountered so terrible a storm as ..., (eum) adeo atrox adorta tempestas est ..., Liv. 21, 58: a violent thunderstorm suddenly burst forth, subito (est) coorta t. cum magno frigore tonitribusque, id. 1, 16: Cic.: v. tempest. Fig: s. of unpopularity, t. invidiae, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22: a s. of complaints, t. querelarum, id. Pis. 36, 89. Join: tempestates et procellae [rerum], id. Mil. 2, 5. 2. prŏcella (of a sudden and violent kind): v. squall. Also used fig., esp. in pl.: s.s of sedition, seditionum procellae, Liv. 28, 25 Cic. 3. hiems, ĕmis, f. (poet.) boisterous s. on the deep, aspera h. ponti, Virg. Aen. 2, 110.: Hor. Fig.: s. of war, h. rerum, Claud. Phr. a s. of rain, imber (maximus, densissimus) and more expressively, nimborum vis effusa, Sen. N. Q. 6., 1, 6 (v. rain): s.s of thunder and rain suddenly break forth, imbres et tonitrua derepente exsistere, Gell. 10, 12. II. Assault of a fortified place: esp. in phr. to take by s.: expugno, 1: more fully., per vim ex., Caes. B. C. 3, 55: armis ex., Sall. Jug. 23: also, vi capere, Liv. 10, 9: v. to attack, besiege.
storm (v.) Copy link Outline I. To attack a fortified place, and usu. to capture itII. To rage violently • storm (v.): I. To attack a fortified place, and usu. to capture it: oppugno, 1 (to assault, with or without effect): expugno, 1 vi capio, 3: v. preced. art. (II.). See also to attack, besiege. II. To rage violently: saevio, dēsaevio, 4 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3., 14, tragica desaevit et ampullatur in arte, s.s and mouths ...): also perh. delitigare (cf. id. A. P. 94, iratusque Chremes tumido delitigat ore): v. to rage. To s. at any one, aliquem vehementer insectari, Cic. Am. 16, 57: maledictis insectari, id. Fin. 2, 25, 80.
STORM Copy link • STORM 1. s. A tempest, tempestas (the proper word): procella (a squall or gust of wind): nimbus (rain): imber maximus (a heavy storm of rain; e.g., to arrive anywhere in a storm maximo imbri aliquo pervenire). A thunder-storm, tonitrua ac fulgura, nominative plur., (thunder and lightning): tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque (bad weather, with thunder and lightning): tonitrua, nominative plur. (thunder). A storm rises, tempestas venit, excitatur, oritur, concitur, nubilatur (i. e., clouds collect or gather): cooritur tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque (a storm arises with a crash and thunder): a storm rages, tempestas, procella, furit, saevit. To dread a storm, tonitrua (ac fulgura) expavescere: to wait till the storm shall have passed by, transitum tempestatis exspectare (Cic., Att., 2, 21, p. in., figuratively). Figuratively, tempestas: procella (of troubles, etc.): impetus (of passion). Assault on a fortified place, oppugnatio: impetus, vis. To take a town, etc., by storm, vi or impetu capere: vi or per vim expugnare: impetu facto scalis capere. To determine on a storm, exercitum ad urbem oppugnandam admovere: to order a storm, urbem vi adoriri or oppugnare; scalis muros aggredi. Vid: also, SIEGE. 2. v. Intransitively, To rage, Vid: Transitively, PROP., oppugnare: impetum facere in aliquid (urbem, castra): vi adoriri: aggredi (to approach for attack): vi expugnare (to take by storm). Figuratively, oppugnare (of persons; with or without verbis): vexare: agitare: exagitare. To storm one with prayers, precibus fatigare: precibus expugnare (when the request is gained). To storm one with letters, questions, etc., obtundere litteris, rogitando.