I.a burning, fire, conflagration.
I. Lit. (freq. and class.; equally common in sing. and plur.): “incendium facere,” to set fire to, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; Caes. B. G. 5, 19 fin.: “excitare, restinguere,” Cic. Mur. 25, 51 (v. under II.): “in ipso urbis incendio,” Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3: “frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,” id. B. G. 7, 55, 8: “omnia incendiis vastare,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 25, 1; cf.: “nihil cogitant nisi caedes, nisi incendia, nisi rapinas,” Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: “si incendium in arce fuerit,” Quint. 7, 7, 4: “si janua tenebitur incendio,” id. 2, 13, 16: “cunctos qui proelio superfuerant, incendium hausit,” Tac. H. 4, 60 fin.: “neglecta solent incendia sumere vires,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 85; cf. Verg. A. 5, 680: “Aetna nocturnis mirus incendiis,” Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88: “vivendum est illic, ubi nulla incendia,” Juv. 3, 197: “incendia praedandi causa facere,” Paul. Sent. 5, 20, 1: “fortuita incendia,” id. ib. 5, 20, 3.—
B. Transf.
1. In gen., fire, burning, heat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “siderum,” Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172: “Auster Africae incendia cum serenitate affert,” id. 18, 33, 76, § 329: “stomachi,” Lucr. 4, 872.—
2. Concr., a firebrand, torch (poet.), Verg. A. 9, 71; Ov. M. 14, 539.—
II. Trop., fire, flame, heat, glow, vehemence (class.; a favorite trope of Cic.).
A. In gen.: “si quod esset in suas fortunas incendium excitatum, id se non aquā sed ruinā restincturum,” Cic. Mur. 25, 51 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1: “miseriarum,” id. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: “invidiae incendio conflagrare,” id. Cat. 1, 11, 29: “incendio alieni judicii conflagrare,” Liv. 39, 6, 4: res cogit, huic tanto incendio succurrere omnes, qui, etc., Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 5: “populare,” Liv. 22, 40, 3: “annonae,” a raising of the price of corn, Manil. 4, 168; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 4.—
B. Esp., the fire of passion: ita mihi in pectore atque in corde facit amor incendium, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 3: “cupiditatum incendiis inflammatus,” Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70: “restinctis jam animorum incendiis,” id. Or. 8, 27: “oratione concitare,” id. de Or. 2, 47, 197: “abstruso pectus ejus flagravit incendio (i. e. dolore),” Vell. 2, 130, 4: “militaris tumultus,” id. 2, 125, 4: “aliae Satyris incendia mitia praebent,” enkindle, inflame, Ov. F. 1, 411: “movere,” id. A. A. 2, 301.
