văpōro — Lewis & Short
văpōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a. [vapor]
I Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.
A Lit.:
aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5:
aquae fontanae vaporantes,Sol. 21.—*
B Trop., to glow, burn:
invidiā quoniam, ceu fulmine, summa vaporant Plerumque,Lucr. 5, 1132.—
II Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm:
vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6:
templum ture vaporant,fumigate, perfume, Verg. A. 11, 481:
altaria,Stat. Th. 1, 455:
vaporato caespite,Calp. Ecl. 2, 62:
cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,i. e. are suffocated by the fumes, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95:
glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,warmed, Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.:
laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7:
dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,to be steamed, to receive the vapor, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170:
oculos spongiis expressis,Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.:
morbi, quos vaporari oportet,Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.:
inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,Pers. 1, 126.