călĕ-făcĭo — Lewis & Short
călĕ-făcĭo, or contr. calfăcĭo (as calidus = caldus, calidarius = caldarius, etc.), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. (in the time of Quint. the contracted form seems to have been the prevailing one, v.
Quint. 1, 6, 21; also Charis. p. 220 P. gives asI pass. calfio. In the poets usage varies according to the demands of the verse;
e. g., cālfācì;t,Ov. F. 4, 698;
cālfăcienda,id. A. A. 2, 214;
cālfācti,id. Ib. 48, and călĕfēcit, Lucr. 6, 687;
călēfacta,Verg. A. 12, 66; 12, 269 al. In prose writers—e. g. Quint. 5, 10, 58—the best MSS. vary between the two forms. —Imperat. calface, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2.— Pass. regularly calefio;
once by a solecism calefacientur,Vitr. 5, 10; cf.
concalefaciuntur,id. 4, 7) [caleo-facio].
I Lit., to make warm or hot, to warm, heat: ventus ubi percaluit calefecitque omnia, *Lucr. 6, 687:
dolium calfacito,Cato, R. R. 69, 2:
ad calefaciendum corpus,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
igne focum,Ov. F. 4, 698.—Pass.:
calamistris calefactis,Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.:
abi intro ac jube huic aquam calefieri,Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 48:
calefieri jussi reliquias,id. Pers. 1, 3, 25:
fauces calefiunt,Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21:
balineum calfieri jubebo,Cic. Att. 2, 3, 3:
Algenti manus est calfacienda sinu,Ov. A. A. 2, 214:
ovum cum porri suco calefactum,Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 47:
ora calefacta,Verg. A. 12, 66.—
II Trop.
A In colloquial lang., to trouble, vex:
calface hominem,Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4:
Gabinium calefecerat Memmius,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.—
B Poet., of the passions, to heat, to rouse up, excite:
calefacta corda tumultu,Verg. A. 12, 269; Ov. Ib. 48:
vino calefacta Venus,Claud. B. Gild. 182.—
C To pursue something with zeal:
forum aleatorium calfecimus,Suet. Aug. 71 Ruhnk.