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|lshtext=<b>ignis</b>: is (abl. usu. igni; [[poet]]. and postAug. igne; so Plin. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 98 P.; [[Charis]]. p. 33 P.; Prisc. p. 766 P.; and [[always]] in Mart., e. g. 1, 21, 5; 4, 57, 6; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 223 sq.;<br /><b>I</b> scanned [[ignis]], Verg. E. 3, 66; id. G. 3, 566; Ov. H. 16, 230; Lucr. 1, 663; 853; [[but]] ignīs, Hor. C. 1, 15, 36), m. Sanscr. agnis, [[fire]]; Lith. ugn-is; Slav. ogný; Gr. [[αἴγλη]], [[ἀγλαός]]>, [[fire]] (com mon in sing. and plur.; cf. [[flamma]], [[incendium]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: lapidum conflictu [[atque]] tritu elici ignem videmus, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: admoto igni ignem concipere, id. de Or. 2, 45, 190: pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit, id. Off. 1, 16, 52; cf.: datur [[ignis]], [[tametsi]] ab [[inimico]] petas, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53: [[ignis]] [[periculum]], id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; plur. = sing.: subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt, id. N. D. 2, 10, 27: cum omnes naturae numini [[divino]], [[caelum]], ignes, terrae, maria parerent, id. ib. 1, 9, 22: hisce [[animus]] [[datus]] est ex illis sempiternis ignibus, quae sidera et stellas vocatis, id. Rep. 6, 15: ut [[fumo]] [[atque]] ignibus significabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.: [[quod]] pluribus [[simul]] locis ignes coörti essent, Liv. 26, 27, 5: ignibus armata [[multitudo]], facibusque ardentibus collucens, id. 4, 33, 2: ignes fieri prohibuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 5: ignem accendere, Verg. A. 5, 4: ignem [[circum]] subicere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69: ignem operibus inferre, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1: ignem comprehendere, id. B. G. 5, 43, 2: igni cremari, id. ib. 1, 4, 1: urbi ferro ignique minitari, Cic. Phil. 11, 14 fin.: [[ignis]] in aquam conjectus, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 et saep.: quodsi [[incuria]] insulariorum [[ignis]] evaserit (opp. [[incendium]] inferre), Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.—Poet.: fulsere ignes et [[conscius]] [[aether]], lightnings, Verg. A. 4, 167; cf.: [[Diespiter]] Igni [[corusco]] [[nubila]] dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: [[caelum]] abscondere [[tenebrae]] nube una subitusque antennas impulit [[ignis]], Juv. 12, 19; 13, 226: micat [[inter]] omnes Julium [[sidus]], [[velut]] [[inter]] ignes [[luna]] minores, i. e. stars, id. ib. 1, 12, 47: et jam per [[moenia]] clarior [[ignis]] Auditur, the crackling of [[fire]], Verg. A. 2, 705: Eumenidum [[ignis]], torches, Juv. 14, 285.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Sacer [[ignis]], a [[disease]], St. Anthony's [[fire]], [[erysipelas]], Cels. 5, 28, 4; Verg. G. 3, 566; Col. 7, 5, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Aqua et [[ignis]], to [[signify]] the [[most]] [[important]] necessaries of [[life]]; v. [[aqua]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[brightness]], [[splendor]], [[brilliancy]], [[lustre]], [[glow]], [[redness]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): fronte curvatos [[imitatus]] ignes lunae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 57; cf.: jam [[clarus]] occultum Andromedae [[pater]] Ostendit ignem, id. ib. 3, 29, 17; so of the [[brightness]] of the stars, Ov. M. 4, 81; 11, 452; 15, 665; of the [[sun]], id. ib. 1, 778; 4, 194; 7, 193; of [[Aurora]], id. ib. 4, 629: [[arcano]] florentes igne smaragdi, Stat. Th. 2, 276; cf. Mart. 14, 109; and: [[acies]] stupet igne metalli, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 51: cum [[ignis]] oculorum cum eo igne qui est ob os [[offusus]], [[redness]], [[blush]], Cic. Univ. 14; Stat. Ach. 1, 516.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Firewood, [[fuel]]: [[caulis]] miseris [[atque]] [[ignis]] emendus, Juv. 1, 134.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Mostly [[poet]].) The [[fire]] or [[glow]] of [[passion]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; of [[anger]], [[rage]], [[fury]]: exarsere ignes [[animo]], Verg. A. 2, 575: saevos irarum concipit ignes, Val. Fl. 1, 748; [[most]] freq. of the [[flame]] of [[love]], [[love]]: cum [[odium]] non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis, Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13: laurigerosque ignes, si [[quando]] avidissimus hauri, [[raving]], inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509: quae [[simul]] aethereos [[animo]] conceperat ignes, [[ore]] dabat pleno carmina vera dei, Ov. F. 1, 473: ([[Dido]]) [[caeco]] carpitur igni, the [[secret]] [[fire]] of [[love]], Verg. A. 4, 2; so in sing., Ov. M. 3, 490; 4, 64; 195; 675 et saep.; in plur., Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; 1, 27, 16; 3, 7, 11; Ov. M. 2, 410; 6, 492 et saep.; cf.: socii ignes, i. e. [[nuptials]], Ov. M. 9, 796.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[like]] amores, a [[beloved]] [[object]], a [[flame]] ([[only]] [[poet]].): at mihi [[sese]] offert [[ultro]] [[meus]] [[ignis]], [[Amyntas]], Verg. E. 3, 66; Hor. Epod. 14, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Figuratively of [[that]] [[which]] brings [[destruction]], [[fire]], [[flame]]: quem [[ille]] obrutum ignem (i. e. [[bellum]]) reliquerit, Liv. 10, 24, 13: ne [[parvus]] hic [[ignis]] (i. e. [[Hannibal]]) [[incendium]] [[ingens]] exsuscitet, id. 21, 3, 6; cf.: et Syphacem et Carthaginienses, [[nisi]] orientem illum ignem oppressissent, ingenti mox incendio arsuros, i. e. [[Masinissa]], id. 29, 31, 3.