ignis — Lewis & Short
ignis, is (poet. and postAug. igne; so Plin. ap.
abl. usu. igni; Charis. p. 98 P.; Charis. p. 33 P.; Prisc. p. 766 P.; and always in Mart., e. g. 1, 21, 5; 4, 57, 6; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 223 sq.;I
scanned ignis,Verg. E. 3, 66; id. G. 3, 566; Ov. H. 16, 230; Lucr. 1, 663; 853;
but ignīs,Hor. C. 1, 15, 36), m. Sanscr. agnis, fire; Lith. ugn-is; Slav. ogný; Gr. ai)/glh, a)glao/s, fire (com mon in sing. and plur.; cf. flamma, incendium).
I Lit.:
lapidum conflictu atque tritu elici ignem videmus,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:
admoto igni ignem concipere,id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:
pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit,id. Off. 1, 16, 52; cf.:
datur ignis, tametsi ab inimico petas,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:
ignis periculum,id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; plur. = sing.:
subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt,id. N. D. 2, 10, 27:
cum omnes naturae numini divino, caelum, ignes, terrae, maria parerent,id. ib. 1, 9, 22:
hisce animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,id. Rep. 6, 15:
ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:
quod pluribus simul locis ignes coörti essent,Liv. 26, 27, 5:
ignibus armata multitudo, facibusque ardentibus collucens,id. 4, 33, 2:
ignes fieri prohibuit,Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 5:
ignem accendere,Verg. A. 5, 4:
ignem circum subicere,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:
ignem operibus inferre,Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:
ignem comprehendere,id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:
igni cremari,id. ib. 1, 4, 1:
urbi ferro ignique minitari,Cic. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:
ignis in aquam conjectus,id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 et saep.:
quodsi incuria insulariorum ignis evaserit (opp. incendium inferre),Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.—Poet.:
fulsere ignes et conscius aether,lightnings, Verg. A. 4, 167; cf.: Diespiter Igni corusco nubila dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:
caelum abscondere tenebrae nube una subitusque antennas impulit ignis,Juv. 12, 19; 13, 226:
micat inter omnes Julium sidus, velut inter ignes luna minores,i. e. stars, id. ib. 1, 12, 47:
et jam per moenia clarior ignis Auditur,the crackling of fire, Verg. A. 2, 705:
Eumenidum ignis,torches, Juv. 14, 285.—
2 In partic.
a Sacer ignis, a disease, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, Cels. 5, 28, 4; Verg. G. 3, 566; Col. 7, 5, 16.—
b Aqua et ignis, to signify the most important necessaries of life; v. aqua.—
B Transf., brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness (mostly poet.):
fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,Hor. C. 4, 2, 57; cf.:
jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem,id. ib. 3, 29, 17; so of the brightness of the stars, Ov. M. 4, 81; 11, 452; 15, 665;
of the sun,id. ib. 1, 778; 4, 194; 7, 193;
of Aurora,id. ib. 4, 629:
arcano florentes igne smaragdi,Stat. Th. 2, 276; cf. Mart. 14, 109; and:
acies stupet igne metalli,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 51:
cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne qui est ob os offusus,redness, blush, Cic. Univ. 14; Stat. Ach. 1, 516.—
2 Firewood, fuel:
caulis miseris atque ignis emendus,Juv. 1, 134.—
II Trop.
A (Mostly poet.) The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury:
exarsere ignes animo,Verg. A. 2, 575:
saevos irarum concipit ignes,Val. Fl. 1, 748; most freq. of the flame of love, love:
cum odium non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis,Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13:
laurigerosque ignes, si quando avidissimus hauri,raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509:
quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei,Ov. F. 1, 473:
(Dido) caeco carpitur igni,the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4, 2; so in sing., Ov. M. 3, 490; 4, 64; 195; 675 et saep.; in plur., Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; 1, 27, 16; 3, 7, 11; Ov. M. 2, 410; 6, 492 et saep.; cf.:
socii ignes,i. e. nuptials, Ov. M. 9, 796.—
2 Transf., like amores, a beloved object, a flame (only poet.):
at mihi sese offert ultro meus ignis, Amyntas,Verg. E. 3, 66; Hor. Epod. 14, 13.—
B Figuratively of that which brings destruction, fire, flame:
quem ille obrutum ignem (i. e. bellum) reliquerit,Liv. 10, 24, 13:
ne parvus hic ignis (i. e. Hannibal) incendium ingens exsuscitet,id. 21, 3, 6; cf.:
et Syphacem et Carthaginienses, nisi orientem illum ignem oppressissent, ingenti mox incendio arsuros,i. e. Masinissa, id. 29, 31, 3.