aestŭo — Lewis & Short
aestŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.aestus,
I to be in agilation or in violent commotion, to move to and fro, to rage, to toss, to boil up.
I Lit.
A Of fire, to rage, burn:
aestuat ut clausis rapidus fornacibus ignis,as the fire heaves and roars in the closed furnaces, Verg. G. 4, 263:
tectus magis aestuat ignis,Ov. M. 4, 64.—Hence,
2 Of the effect of fire, to be warm or hot, to burn, glow; both objectively, I am warm (Fr. je suis chaud), and subjectively, it is warm to me, I feel warm (Fr. j'ai chaud).
a Object.: nunc dum occasio est, dum scribilitae aestuant (while the cakes are warm) occurrite, Plaut. Poen. prol. 43; Verg. G. 1, 107:
torridus aestuat aër,glows, Prop. 3, 24, 3; Luc. 1, 16. —
b Subject., to feel warmth or heat (weaker than sudare, to sweat, and opp. algere, to be cold, to feel cold;
v. Doed. Syn. 3, 89): Lycurgi leges erudiunt juventutem esuriendo, sitiendo, algendo, aestuando,Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:
ille cum aestuaret, umbram secutus est,id. Ac. 2, 22:
sub pondere,Ov. M. 12, 514; Juv. 3, 103.—
B Of the undulating, heaving motion of the sea, to rise in waves or billows (cf. aestus):
Maura unda,Hor. C. 2, 6, 4:
gurges,Verg. A. 6, 296.—
C Of other things, to have an undulating, waving motion, to be tossed, to heave:
in ossibus umor,Verg. G. 4, 308:
ventis pulsa aestuat arbor,Lucr. 5, 1097; Gell. 17, 11, 5. —Of an agitated crowd, Prud. 11, 228.—
II Trop.
A Of the passions, love, desire, envy, jealousy, etc., to burn with desire, to be in violent, passionate excitement, to be agitated or excited, to be inflamed:
quod ubi auditum est, aestuare (hist. inf.) illi, qui dederant pecuniam,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23:
quae cum dies noctesque aestuans agitaret,Sall. J. 93:
desiderio alicujus,Cic. Fam. 7, 18:
invidiā,Sall. C. 23:
ingens in corde pudor,Verg. A. 12, 666:
at rex Odrysius in illa Aestuat,Ov. M. 6, 490 (cf. uri in id. ib. 7, 22;
and ardere in id,ib. 9, 724); Mart. 9, 23:
aestuat (Alexander) infelix angusto limite mundi (the figure is derived from the swelling and raging of the sea when confined),Juv. 10, 169; so Luc. 6, 63.—
B Esp. in prose, to waver, to vacillate, to hesitate, to be uncertain or in doubt, to be undecided:
dubitatione,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: quod petiit, spernit; repetit quod nuper omisit;
Aestuat et vitae disconvenit ordine toto,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 99:
sic anceps inter utramque animus aestuat,Quint. 10, 7, 33; Suet. Claud. 4:
aestuante rege,Just. 1, 10.