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|lshtext=<b>ferrum</b>: i, n. cf. Sanscr. dharti, [[firmness]]; Lat. [[firmus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[iron]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138; Lucr. 1, 571; 5, 1241; 1286; Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; id. Leg. 2, 18, 45; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Hor. S. 1, 4, 20 et saep.: [[mustum]] [[quod]] resipit [[ferrum]], has a [[taste]] of [[iron]], Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a [[fig]]. of [[hard]]-heartedness, [[unfeelingness]], [[cruelty]], etc.: gerere [[ferrum]] in pectore, Ov. M. 9, 614; cf.: [[ferrum]] et scopulos gestare in corde, id. ib. 7, 33: durior ferro, id. ib. 14, 712; [[hence]] for the [[iron]] [[age]], id. ib. 1, 127; 15, 260; Hor. Epod. 16, 65.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As an [[image]] of [[firmness]], [[endurance]], Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[any]] [[thing]] made of [[iron]], an [[iron]] [[implement]], as a [[plough]]: glebas proscindere ferro, Lucil. ap. Non. 401, 19: [[solum]] terrae, Lucr. 5, 1295; cf. also, campum, Ov. M. 7, 119: ferro scindimus [[aequor]], Verg. G. 1, 50; a [[hatchet]]: ferro mitiget agrum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186; an [[axe]]: mordaci [[velut]] icta ferro Pinus, id. C. 4, 6, 9; 4, 4, 60 (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[before]], [[bipennis]]); cf. Lucr. 6, 168; a [[dart]]: petita ferro [[belua]], Hor. Epod. 5, 10; the [[tip]] of an [[arrow]]: exstabat [[ferrum]] de pectore aduncum, Ov. M. 9, 128; the [[head]] (of a [[spear]]), Tac. G. 6; an [[iron]] [[stylus]]: [[dextra]] [[tenet]] [[ferrum]], id. ib. 9, 522; [[hair]]-[[scissors]]: [[solitus]] longos ferro resecare capillos, id. ib. 11, 182; [[curling]]-irons: crines vibratos calido ferro, Verg. A. 12, 100 et saep.—Esp. freq. a [[sword]]: Drusum ferro. Metellum [[veneno]] sustulerat, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81: in aliquem cum ferro invadere, id. Caecin. 9, 25: aut ferro aut [[fame]] interire, Caes. B. G. 5, 30 fin.: uri virgis ferroque necari, Hor. S. 2, 7, 58; cf.: [[gladiator]], [[ferrum]] recipere jussus, the [[stroke]] of the [[sword]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41. So, [[ferrum]] et [[ignis]], [[like]] [[our]] [[fire]] and [[sword]], to [[denote]] [[devastation]], [[utter]] [[destruction]]: huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur, Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; cf.: hostium urbes agrique ferro [[atque]] igni vastentur, Liv. 31, 7, 13: pontem ferro, igni, [[quacumque]] vi possent, interrumpant, id. 2, 10, 4; 30, 6, 9; 1, 59, 1: [[ecce]] ferunt Troës ferrumque ignemque Jovemque In Danaas classes, Ov. M. 13, 91: inque meos [[ferrum]] flammasque penates Impulit, id. ib. 12, 551; so, [[conversely]], igni ferroque, Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; Liv. 35, 21, 10; cf. Tac. A. 14, 38; Suet. Claud. 21: [[flamma]] ferroque, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78; Flor. 2, 17, 15; 3, 18, 14; Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 2: [[ferrum]], i. q. [[arms]], for [[battle]], [[war]], [[force]] of [[arms]]: ferro, non [[auro]], vitam cernamus, utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quem [[nemo]] ferro potuit superare nec [[auro]], id. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3 (Ann. v. 220 ed. Vahl.): adnuit, [[sese]] [[mecum]] decernere ferro, id. ap. Prisc. p. 822 P. (Ann. v. 136 ed. Vahl.): decernere ferro, Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317; Liv. 40, 8 fin.; Verg. A. 7, 525; 11, 218: cernere ferro, id. ib. 12, 709: ferro regna lacessere, [[with]] [[war]], id. ib. 12, 186; cf.: [[atque]] [[omnis]], Latio quae servit [[purpura]] ferro, i. e. made [[subject]] by the [[force]] of [[arms]], Luc. 7, 228.— Prov.: [[ferrum]] [[meum]] in igni est, i. q. mea [[nunc]] res agitur, Sen. Mort. Claud.
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