incendĭum — Lewis & Short
incendĭum, ĭi, n.incendo,
I a burning, fire, conflagration.
I Lit. (freq. and class.; equally common in sing. and plur.):
incendium facere,to set fire to, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; Caes. B. G. 5, 19 fin.:
excitare, restinguere,Cic. Mur. 25, 51 (v. under II.):
in ipso urbis incendio,Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:
frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,id. B. G. 7, 55, 8:
omnia incendiis vastare,Hirt. B. G. 8, 25, 1; cf.:
nihil cogitant nisi caedes, nisi incendia, nisi rapinas,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:
si incendium in arce fuerit,Quint. 7, 7, 4:
si janua tenebitur incendio,id. 2, 13, 16:
cunctos qui proelio superfuerant, incendium hausit,Tac. H. 4, 60 fin.:
neglecta solent incendia sumere vires,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 85; cf. Verg. A. 5, 680:
Aetna nocturnis mirus incendiis,Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88:
vivendum est illic, ubi nulla incendia,Juv. 3, 197:
incendia praedandi causa facere,Paul. Sent. 5, 20, 1:
fortuita incendia,id. ib. 5, 20, 3.—
B Transf.
1 In gen., fire, burning, heat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
siderum,Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172:
Auster Africae incendia cum serenitate affert,id. 18, 33, 76, § 329:
stomachi,Lucr. 4, 872.—
2 Concr., a firebrand, torch (poet.), Verg. A. 9, 71; Ov. M. 14, 539.—
II Trop., fire, flame, heat, glow, vehemence (class.; a favorite trope of Cic.).
A In gen.:
si quod esset in suas fortunas incendium excitatum, id se non aquā sed ruinā restincturum,Cic. Mur. 25, 51 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1:
miseriarum,id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:
invidiae incendio conflagrare,id. Cat. 1, 11, 29:
incendio alieni judicii conflagrare,Liv. 39, 6, 4: res cogit, huic tanto incendio succurrere omnes, qui, etc., Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 5:
populare,Liv. 22, 40, 3:
annonae,a raising of the price of corn, Manil. 4, 168; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 4.—
B Esp., the fire of passion: ita mihi in pectore atque in corde facit amor incendium, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 3:
cupiditatum incendiis inflammatus,Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70:
restinctis jam animorum incendiis,id. Or. 8, 27:
oratione concitare,id. de Or. 2, 47, 197:
abstruso pectus ejus flagravit incendio (i. e. dolore),Vell. 2, 130, 4:
militaris tumultus,id. 2, 125, 4:
aliae Satyris incendia mitia praebent,enkindle, inflame, Ov. F. 1, 411:
movere,id. A. A. 2, 301.