vapor
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
văpor: (ante-class. form văpos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 10; Lucr. 6, 952; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. Sanscr. kapis, incense; Gr. καπύω, καπνός, smoke; cf. vappa,
I steam, exhalation, vapor (syn. exhalatio).
I In gen.: aquarum vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis et ex aquis excitantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: aquarum quasi vapor quidam aër habendus est, id. ib. 2, 10, 27; Lucr. 6, 271: aquae calidae, Cels. 7, 7, 10; Scrib. Comp. 20: terrenus vapor siccus est et fumo similis, qui ventos, tonitrua et fulmina facit: aquarum halitus umidus est et imbres et nives creat, Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 4: nocturnos formidare vapores, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 93: volat vapor ater ad auras. smoke, Verg. A. 7, 466; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 40; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Sen. Herc. Fur. 911.—
II In partic., a warm exhalation, warmth, heat, etc.
A Lit.: (terra semen) tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffundit, Cic. Sen. 15, 51: aestifer ignis uti lumen jacit atque vaporem, Lucr. 1, 663: solis, id. 1, 1032; 2, 150; 4, 185; 4, 201; 6, 236; Curt. 7, 5, 3; of the heat of the thunderbolt: inusta vaporis signa, Lucr. 6, 220: finditque vaporibus arva (Phoebus), Ov. M. 3, 152: siderum, Hor. Epod. 3, 15: lentusque carinas Est vapor, Verg. A. 5, 683; cf. id. ib. 698: locus torridus et vaporis plenus, Liv. 5, 48, 1: vapore foveri, Cels. 7, 7, 2; 7, 7, 10; 7, 9 fin.; 8, 4; 8, 7; Col. 1, 4, 10; 7, 3, 8 al.—
B Trop., warmth, ardor of love: pectus insanum vapor amorque torret, Sen. Hippol. 640.
