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.
fire (v.) Copy link • fire (v.): incendo, inflammo: v. fire, to set on. Phr.: they endeavour to f. the siege-works, ignem operibus inferunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 14. For fig. sense, v. to inflame, excite.
FIRE Copy link • FIRE 1. v. To set fire to, ignem inferre, injicere or subjicere (e.g., aedibus): initium incendii facere (to begin the burning of a town). IMPROPR., To shoot off or at, etc. To fire a gun, *tormentum (-a) mittere, emittere (of artillery, etc.); *tela mittere (Not sclopetum explodere or displodere). To fire at anybody, ictum sclopeto mittere in aliquem; (of several) tela conjicere in aliquem; at anything, tormenta in aliquid adigere (Caes., B. C. 3, 52): to expose men, etc., to be fired upon, sub ictum dare (Tac., Ann., 13, 39, 6): to stand to be fired upon, ad omnes expositum ictus stare; sub ictu esse (Sen., ad Marc., 9, 2 and 3). 2. s. PROPR., ignis (any fire, πῦρ, as element, in the animal body, etc.; also watch-fire, conflagration): flamma (any fire that gives a flame or blaze; then the flame itself, φλόξ): ardor (glowing heat, etc.): scintillae (the sparks struck from a flint, etc.): incendium (conflagration, πυρκαϊά). Τo catch fire, ignem (flammam) concipere; ignem comprehendere; scintillas excipere (of tinder; Vid: Plin., 36, 19, 30): anything that is easily set on fire, concipiendo igni aptus; concipiendis ignibus idoneus; easily, ignis capacissimus (PROP.); facilis ad exardescendum (PROP. and tropically, to be easily made angry) to strike fire (e.g., with a flint), ignem elicere e silice; ignem silici excudere (with flint and steel); lapidum tritu elicere ignem (by the attrition of two stones, Greek τὰ πυρεῖα συντρίβειν, Cic., N.D., 2, 9, extr.): to light the fire again, ignem reficere: to blow the fire, admoto folle ignem flatu accendere (Curt., 4, 2, 13): to keep up the fire, or put fuel on the fire, ignem alere; igni alimenta dare: to set fire to anything, ignem admovere, subdere, subjicere alicui rei: to set (anything) on the fire, ad ignem apponere (Vid: Plaut., Men., 2, 2, 55): to place or seat one’s self by the fire, to warm one’s self, admoto igne refovere artus: to spit fire, eructare flammas (Justinus, 4, 1, 4): to be on fire, ardere (to burn); flagrare (to be in a blaze; both with incendio, if the object was set on fire): the sky seemed all on fire, caelum plurimo igne ardere visum est; caelum omne flagrare videbatur: everything seemed on fire, or the whole seemed one (mass of) fire, omnia velut continenti flamma ardere visa: to destroy with fire and sword, ferro ignique (seldom igni ferroque) or ferro incendiisque vastare; (entirely) pervastare: to be laid waste by fire and sword, ferro ignique or flamma ferroque absumi: to make or light a fire (i. e., a watch-fire, etc.), ignes facere (e.g., in the camp; in castris, Cic., B.G., 6, 29): to call out “fire!” ignem conclamare (Sen., De Ir., 3, 43, 3). A fire breaks out, sua sponte incendium oritur: a fire has broken out, ignis coortus est; incendium factum est (if the fire was intentional): a fire breaks out in several different quarters of the town at once, pluribus simul locis et iis diversis ignes cooriuntur: to set on fire, incendium facere, conflare, excitare, exsuscitare; initium incendii facere (to be the first to set fire to a town; Vid: Velleius, 2, 74, 4): the fire was the work of an incendiary, incendium humana fraude factum est: to set fire to the buildings, ignem inferre, or injicere, or subjicere aedibus; ignem et materiam aedibus subdere: to take fire, to be consumed by it, igni or flammis comprehendi; flammis corripi (to be reached by the fire, from the context, comprehendi only; Vid: Liv., 26, 27); ignem or flammas concipere: ignem comprehendere (to take fire); ignis occupat aliquid (the fire makes itself way to anything; e.g., to a house): to be destroyed by fire, deflagrare, or conflagrare flammis, or incendio (to be burned down; with incendio, if the fire was intentional); flammis absumi (to be destroyed by the flames). To put a fire out, ignem reprimere; flammam opprimere; incendium compescere (to check, to arrest it): to put out a fire, to extinguish it entirely, incendium restinguere or exstinguere: the fire increases, incendium crescit (opposed to decreases, incendium decrescit): to escape the fire, effugere ex incendio: a small fire, igniculus. The smell of fire, foedus quidam nidor ex combustis or adustis rebus (Liv., 38, 7): a slow fire, lentus ignis: to boil by or on a slow fire, coquere lento igne; also, leniter decoquere; lento vapore decoquere (Plin., 24, 14, intr.): to keep or keep up a good fire, luculento camino uti (Cic.); *luculento foco uti: a stream of fire, ignium rivus (Plin., 2, 106, 110): the glow of fire, flammarum ardor (Lucr., 5, 1092); flammae fervidus ardor (ibid., 1098): a ball or globe of fire, globus (in the skies; Cic., De Div., 1, 43, 97, in which passage the “faces” are mentioned separately): a column of fire, columna ignea (Eccl.): damage sustained by fire, *damnum incendio factum, ex incendio acceptum: vomiting fire, flammas eructans (Justinus, 4, 1, 4; compare Plin., 54, 10, 22, and 2, 103, 106, extr.); ignes evomens (Silius, 17, 5, 98): particles of fire, flammae semen (Ov., Met., 15, 347): a signal made by a fire, ignium significatio: to give or make a signal by fire, ignibus facere significationem (e.g., of distress; Caes., B.G., 2, 33): as red as fire, igneo colore; igneus (of a fiery color in general); flammeus: flammeolus (glowing red); rutilus (red as a blaze): to become as red as fire (in one’s face); [Vid: To BLUSH]. PROV., To be between two fires, lupum auribus tenere (Suet., Tib., 25, Bremi); anceps malum urget (Liv., 3, 28, 9): a burned child dreads the fire, cui dolet, meminit (Cic., Mur., 20, 42); *infans igni tactus cavet ab igni. IMPROPR., Glow, ignis (e.g., of the eyes): ardor (glow, the lightning of anything; e.g., of the look, the eyes, oculorum, vultuum): the fire of passions, of love, etc., ardor; incendium (also of passions, with the accessory notion of destruction, consuming passion. Ignis, of the passion of love, is poetical only; of the passion of hatred, or other violent excitement, it may be used figuratively in prose; e.g., huic ordini novum ignem subjicere, Cic.): to be consumed by the fire of love, amoris flamma conflagrare. Mental vivacity, vis: vigor (freshness, vivacity) [Vid. VIGOR, ARDOR]: the fire is gone, consedit ardor animi: to be without fire, tepere; languere; frigere (of an orator, etc.): the fire of youth, juvenilis ardor; ardor aetatis: natural fire and spirit, quaedam animi incitatio atque alacritas naturaliter innata: the fire of a poet, impetus divinus; calore poeticus (†): of an orator, vis, calor, concitatio dicentis; calor et vehementia; oratoris impetus; ardor dicendi. Volley, etc.; to be exposed to the fire, ad omnes expositum ictus stare, sub ictu esse (Sen., ad Marc., 9, 2 and 3): not to be exposed to the fire, extra teli jactum or conjectum esse (after Curt., 3, 20, 1, and Petronius, 90); extra teli jactum stare (Curt. 5, 3, 17); jactu teli procul abesse (ib., 4, 3, 8): to get or come into the fire, sub ictum dari (Tac., Ann., 13, 39, 6); ad teli conjectum venire (after Liv., 2, 31). To be between two fires, anceps hostis et a fronte et a tergo urgebat.