deflagratio
τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
Latin > English
deflagratio deflagrationis N F :: destruction by fire; conflagration (L+S); consuming by fire; distruction
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēflā̆grātĭo: ōnis, f. deflagro,
I a burning up, consuming by fire, conflagration (perhaps only in Cic.).
I Prop.: futura aliquando caeli atque terrarum, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111; cf.: terrarum omnium, id. Fin. 3, 19 fin.—
II Trop., destruction, Cic. Planc. 40, 95>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēflāgrātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (deflagro), combustion, incendie [pr. et fig.]: Cic. Div. 1, 111 ; Planc. 95.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēflagrātio, ōnis, f. (deflagro), das Niederbrennen, das gänzliche Aufgehen in Flammen, der gänzliche Untergang, die gänzliche Vernichtung durch Feuer, terrarum omnium, Cic.: caeli atque terrarum, Cic.: deflagrationem futuram vaticinari, Lact.: urbi deflagrationem minari (im Bilde), Cic. Planc. 95.
