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flammo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I.a. [1. flamma].
I. Neutr., to flame, blaze, burn (poet. and perh. only in the part. pres.): “super raros feni flammantis acervos Traicit immundos ebria turba pedes (in the purifications at the Palilia),Prop. 4 (5), 4, 77.(cf. Ov. F. 4, 727 and ib. 781): “flammantia lumina torquens (anguis),Verg. G. 3, 433.—
II. Act., to inflame, set on fire, burn; in pass. also to burn (poet. and in postAug. prose).—
A. Lit.: “quaecumque igni flammata cremantur,Lucr. 2, 672: “ut interirent aut crucibus affixi aut flammandi,Tac. A. 15, 54: “fax nubila flammans,Val. Fl. 1, 568: principio aetherio flammatus Juppiter igni Vertitur, blazing, flaming, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 17.—
2. Transf., of color, to make flame-colored, to color red, to redden: “illius roseo flammatur purpura vultu,Stat. Ach. 1, 297; cf.: “flammata pudore juventus,Val. Fl. 4, 655: “flammata toga,” i. e. fiery red, Mart. 5, 19, 12.—
B. Trop., to inflame, kindle, incite: “sic donis vulgum laudumque cupidine flammat,Sil. 16, 303: “juvenem facta ad Mavortia,id. 1, 55: “flammantur in hostem cornipedes,Stat. Th. 8, 390: “his inter se vocibus instinctos flammavere insuper adlatae litterae,Tac. H. 4, 24: “omnes exercitus flammaverat arrogantia venientium a Vitellio militum,” i. e. had inflamed with anger, incensed, id. ib. 2, 74; cf.: “talia flammato secum dea corde volutans,inflamed, angry mind, Verg. A. 1, 50: “sponsae flammatus amore,Val. Fl. 8, 300; Stat. Th. 1, 249.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.50
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.433
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.54
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.24
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.672
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.568
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.655
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 8.300
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Statius, Thebias, 8
    • Statius, Achilleis, 1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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