1. flā^gro — Lewis & Short
flā^gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. fle/gw, flege/qw, flo/c; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398,
I to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.).
I Lit.:
flagrantes onerariae,Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:
crinemque flagrantem excutere,Verg. A. 2, 685:
flagrabant ignes,Ov. F. 6, 439:
intima pars hominum vero flagrabat ad ossa,Lucr. 6, 1168:
flocci molles et sine oleo flagrant,Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28:
ut flagret (carbo),id. 33, 13, 57, § 163.—
II Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.).
A To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked.—With abl.:
non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so,
desiderio tui,id. ib. 7, 4, 1:
dicendi studio,id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.:
eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,Nep. Milt. 5, 1:
cupiditate atque amentia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12:
amore,id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.:
cupidine currus,Ov. M. 2, 104:
libidinibus in mulieres,Suet. Gramm. 23:
odio,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:
totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,id. Att. 7, 17, 4:
bello flagrans Italia,id. de Or. 3, 2, 8:
convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71.—Absol.:
flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:
uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,Sall. C. 14, 6.—Poet. with acc. of respect, to love:
caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,Prop. 1, 13, 23:
Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,Verg. Cul. 220.—*
2 Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion:
Elisam,Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.—
B To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer:
consules flagrant infamiā,Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.:
invidiā et infamiā,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:
invidiā,id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16:
infamiā,id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44:
rumore malo,Hor. S. 1, 4, 125;
ignominiā et pudore,Flor. 2, 18:
inopiā et cupidinibus,Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl.—Hence, flā^grans, antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.
A Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf.
telum,Verg. G. 1, 331:
flagrantis hora Caniculae,Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.:
flagrantissimo aestu,Liv. 44, 36, 7:
genae,Verg. A. 12, 65:
oscula,Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.—
2 Transf., of color, glittering, shining:
(Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,Verg. A. 12, 167:
redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),Sil. 12, 731.—
B Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement:
oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,Cic. Fat. 2, 3:
non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,id. de Or. 3, 61, 230:
recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,id. Mur. 31, 65:
flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,flickering, restless, Lucr. 4, 1165:
in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:
flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,Tac. A. 14, 51:
flagrantissimus amor,Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2:
Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39:
Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14 ext. 3:
studia plebis,Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.:
aeger et flagrans animus,id. ib. 3, 54:
flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1.—Hence, flā^gran-ter, adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.):
Germani exarsere flagrantius,Amm. 31, 10, 5:
flagrantius amare,Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.:
flagrantissime cupĕre,Tac. A. 1, 3.