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^bris (the ē predominating in poets), is (acc. sing.:
I.febrem,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 20; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 9: “febrim,Hor. S. 2, 3, 294; Plaut. Pseud. 2, 2, 48; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 1; Plin. 25, 4, 17, § 37 Jan. et saep.— Abl.: “febri,Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31; id. Att. 6, 9; “or: febre,id. Att. 7, 1, 1; Suet. Vit. 14; Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: Juv. 10, 218 al.), f. for fer-bris, root bhar-, to be hot, v. ferveo, a fever.
B. Febris , personified as a deity, with three temples in Rome, the principal of which was on the Palatium, in the neighborhood of the Velabrum, Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 63; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 16; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; cf.: “Febri divae, Febri sanctae, Febri magnae, Camilla pro filio amato,Inscr. Grut. p. 97, 1.—*
II. Trop., a source of uneasiness, torment: “certo scio, nunc febrim tibi esse, quia, etc.,Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 48 Ritschl N. cr.
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 17.9
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