I.to set fire to, to kindle, to set in a flame, to burn, singe, scorch (cf. accendo), etc.
I. A.. Lit., of food: hoc adustum est, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; so Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; 90: splendor quicunque est acer, adurit Saepe oculos, * Lucr. 4, 330: “Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,” Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—So of the Indian sages: “sine gemitu aduruntur,” suffer themselves to be burned, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77: “ignes caelestes adussisse complurium vestimenta dicebantur,” Liv. 39, 22.—So in Cels., of the burning or cauterizing of a diseased limb: os eodem ferramento adurendum, 8, 2; cf. id. 5, 26, 21; 33: “flammis aduri Colchicis,” Hor. Epod. 5, 24: “in desertis adustisque sole,” Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19.—
B. Transf., to hurt, damage, consume; of locusts: “multa contactu adurentes,” Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.— So of wind, to blast, from its effects: “(arbores) aduri fervore aut flatu frigidiore,” Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 216.—And also of cold and frost, to nip, to freeze: “ne frigus adurat,” Verg. G. 1, 92: “nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma,” Ov. M. 14, 763: “adusta gelu,” id. F. 4, 918: “rigor nivis multorum adussit pedes,” Curt. 7, 3: “(leonis adipes) sanant adusta nivibus,” Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—
II. Fig., poet. of the fire (flame) of love, to burn, inflame: “Venus non erubescendis adurit Ignibus,” Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; cf.: “ardores vincet adusta meos,” Ov. H. 12, 180.— Hence, ădustus , a, um, P. a.
A. Burned by the sun; hence, scorched, made brown, and, in gen., brown, swarthy: “si qui forte adustioris coloris ex recenti via essent,” Liv. 27, 47: “adustus corpora Maurus,” Sil. 8, 269: “lapis adusto colore,” Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 149.—
B. Subst.: ădusta , ōrum, n., burns upon the flesh, Cels. 5, 27.
