călĕo — Lewis & Short
călĕo, ui, 2, v. n. (
I part. fut. act. călĭtūrus, Ov. M. 13, 590: caleor = caleo, Caper. ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.; prob. only in reference to the impers. caletur, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 12; id. Truc. 1, 1, 46) [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. ske/llw, sklhro/s], to be warm or hot, to glow (object.; opp. frigere, to be cold; while aestuare, to feel, experience warmth; opp. algere, to feel cold; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 89).
I Lit.: calet aqua;
eamus hinc intro ut laves,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73:
sentiri hoc putat, ut calere ignem,Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
os calet tibi,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 39:
sole calente,Tib. 1, 5, 22:
terrae alio sole calentes,Hor. C. 2, 16, 18:
calens favilla,id. ib. 2, 6, 22:
ture calent arae,Verg. A. 1, 417:
calentibus aris,Ov. M. 12, 152:
calituras ignibus aras,id. ib. 13, 590:
guttae calentes,id. ib. 7, 283:
epulae,id. ib. 8, 671:
sulphur,id. ib. 14, 86.—Poet. sometimes for aestuare, subject., to feel warm:
ut fortunati sunt fabri ferrarii, Qui aput carbones adsident! semper calent,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 47:
febre,Juv. 10, 218:
rabie,Val. Fl. 3, 216; cf.: caluit et hodie Faustina, Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11.—
II Trop.
A To glow in mind, to be roused, warmed, inflamed (class.;
in prose less freq. than ardere): (leones) permixtā caede calentes,inflamed by indiscriminate slaughter, Lucr. 5, 1312; cf. id. 3, 643; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:
admirando, irridendo calebat,Cic. Brut. 66, 234:
in re frigidissimā cales, in ferventissimā cales,Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:
animis jam calentibus,Quint. 4, 1, 59:
Romani calentes adhuc ab recenti pugnā proelium ineunt,Liv. 25, 39, 9:
at ille utendum animis dum spe calerent ratus,are animated, Curt. 4, 1, 29:
feminā calere,to become enamored of, Hor. C. 4, 11, 33; cf.:
Lycidan quo calet juventus,id. ib. 1, 4, 19:
puellā,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 83:
amore,id. A. A. 3, 571; Mart. 7, 32, 12:
igne,id. 5, 55, 3:
desiderio Conjugis abrepti,to be inflamed with desire, Ov. M. 7, 731; also, to be troubled, perplexed: haec velim explices;
etsi te ipsum istic jam calere puto,Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2; Cael. ap. id. Fam. 8, 6, 51: alio mentis morbo, to labor under (the figure derived from fever, v. supra), Hor. S. 2, 3, 80;
and so of the passion for scribbling: mutavit mentem populus levis et calet uno Scribendi studio,now the rage for writing and versifying is the general disease of our people, id. Ep. 2, 1, 108:
narratur et prisci Catonis Saepe mero caluisse virtus,id. C. 3, 21, 12; Stat. Th. 5, 263.—
(b) With inf.:
tubas audire,Stat. Th. 4, 261; Claud. Nupt. Hon. 10, 287; id. Ep. 1, 29.—
(g) With ad:
ad nova lucra,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62.—
B Of abstract things, to be carried on warmly, to be urged on zealously:
illud crimen de nummis caluit re recenti, nunc in causā refrixit,Cic. Planc. 23, 55:
judicia calent, i. e. magnā diligentiā et ardore exercentur,id. Att. 4, 16, 3:
calebant nundinae,id. Phil. 5, 4, 11:
posteaquam satis calere res Rubrio visa est,i. e. seemed sufficiently ripe for execution, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:
Veneris bella calent,rage, Tib. 1, 10, 53:
et mixtus lacrimis caluit dolor,Stat. Th. 3, 383.—
C To be yet warm, new, or fresh (the figure taken from food):
at enim nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hic agitur,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92: illi rumores de comitiis caluerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—
D (Effectus pro causā.) Of a place, to be eagerly sought, to be frequented (rare):
ungularum pulsibus calens Hister,often trod, Mart. 7, 7, 2.