1. vī^bro — Lewis & Short
vī^bro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.cf. Sanscr. vip, to tremble.
I Act., to set in tremulous motion, to move rapidly to and fro, to brandish, shake, agitate (class.; syn.: quatio, ventilo).
A Lit.:
hastas ante pugnam,Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:
hastam,id. Off. 2, 8, 29:
flamina vestes,to cause to flutter, Ov. M. 1, 528:
faces,Claud. Epith. 97:
multifidas linguas (draco),Val. Fl. 1, 61:
tremor vibrat ossa,makes tremble, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 152:
viscera vibrantur (equitando),are shaken about, Tac. A. 12, 51:
impositus scuto more gentis et sustinentium umeris vibratus, dux eligitur,id. H. 4, 15:
digitis vibratis jactare sententias,Quint. 11, 3, 120:
thyrsum manu,Sen. Oedip. 420:
serpens squalidum crista caput vibrans,id. Herc. Oet. 1254.—Poet.:
vibrata flammis aequora,i. e. glimmering, sparkling, Val. Fl. 8, 306:
crines vibrati,i. e. curled, frizzled, Verg. A. 12, 100; Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189.—
Mid.: sic mea vibrari pallentia membra videres,Ov. H. 11, 77.—
2 Transf., to throw with a vibratory motion, to launch, hurl:
sicas et spargere venena,Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:
conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,Curt. 3, 11, 4:
tremulum excusso jaculum lacerto,Ov. H. 4, 43:
per auras spicula,id. M. 8, 374:
fulmina (Juppiter),id. ib. 2, 308; cf.:
vibratus ab aethere fulgor,Verg. A. 8, 524:
jaculum ex arborum ramis vibrari,Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85. —
B Trop.
1 Of language, to fling, hurl, launch:
truces vibrare iambos,Cat. 36, 5; cf. 2. vibratus, II.—
2 To threaten:
tela undique mortem vibrantia,Amm. 31, 13, 2. —
II Neutr., to be in tremulous motion, etc.
A Lit.
1 In gen., to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble:
linguā vibrante (serpentis),Lucr. 3, 657; Ov. M. 3, 34:
terrae motus non simplici modo quatitur, sed tremit vibratque,Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194.—
2 Of the voice or sounds, to tremble:
(haec vox) sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,Sen. Prov. 3, 3; cf.:
sonus lusciniae vibrans,Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:
querelā adhuc vibrante,Val. Max. 5, 3, 2:
ejusmodi fabulae vibrabant,Petr. 47.—
3 To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate, etc.:
mare, quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: signa, Flor. 3, 11:
in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto,Sil. 2, 664; Val. Fl. 2, 583; 2, 342; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2.—Of bright weapons:
juvenes Tela tenent dextrā lato vibrantia ferro,Ov. M. 8, 342:
gladius,Verg. A. 9, 769; cf.:
clipeum Vibranti medium cuspis transverberat ictu,id. ib. 10, 484.—
B Trop., of language:
cujus (Demosthenis) non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,would not have been hurled with such vigor, Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf.:
oratio incitata et vibrans,id. Brut. 95, 326:
sententiae,Quint. 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120. —Hence, vĭbrātus, a, um, P. a., impetuous, forcible:
iambus flammis fulminis vibratior,Aus. Ep. 21, 5.