I. A burning up, a conflagration: “eluviones exustionesque terrarum,” Cic. Rep. 6, 21, 23: “ignis,” Vulg. Isa. 64, 2: “quorum finis exustio est,” Hier. in Isa. 3, 7, 4.—Trop., Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5.—
II. A burning, scorching: “solis,” Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 223.