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.—
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.
