I.a. [vapor]
I. Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.
A. Lit.: “aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,” Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5: “aquae fontanae vaporantes,” Sol. 21.—*
II. Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm: “vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),” Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6: “templum ture vaporant,” fumigate, perfume, Verg. A. 11, 481: “altaria,” Stat. Th. 1, 455: “vaporato caespite,” Calp. Ecl. 2, 62: “cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,” i. e. are suffocated by the fumes, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95: “glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,” warmed, Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.: “laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,” Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7: “dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,” to be steamed, to receive the vapor, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170: “oculos spongiis expressis,” Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.: “morbi, quos vaporari oportet,” Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.: “inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,” Pers. 1, 126.
