intensity Copy link Outline 1. vis, vim, vi, f. (gen. term, both in physical and mental use)2. vĕhĕmentia (late freq. in Plin.)3. rĭgor (only of cold) • intensity: 1. vis, vim, vi, f. (gen. term, both in physical and mental use): such i. of cold, tanta vis frigoris, Liv. 21, 58: such i. of cold, and winter, haec vis frigorum hiemsque, Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42 (the plur. denotes esp. continued cold, as a feature of climate): so, vis calorum, Plin. 17, 24, 37 § 235: v. force. 2. vĕhĕmentia (late freq. in Plin.): i. (or strength) of flavour, v. saporis, Plin. 19, 5, 27. 3. rĭgor (only of cold): i. (severity) of winter, r. hiemis, Plin. 11, 28, 34: Just. v. severity. (N.B.--No one of the above is equally expressive with the Eng., but they may be strengthened by the use of adjj. of quantity or degree, e. g. maximus, quantus potest esse maximus; summus, tantus, acer: see also intense.)