I.steam, exhalation, vapor (syn. exhalatio).
I. In gen.: “aquarum vapores, qui a sole ex agris tepefactis et ex aquis excitantur,” Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: “aquarum quasi vapor quidam aër habendus est,” id. ib. 2, 10, 27; Lucr. 6, 271: “aquae calidae,” Cels. 7, 7, 10; Scrib. Comp. 20: “terrenus vapor siccus est et fumo similis, qui ventos, tonitrua et fulmina facit: aquarum halitus umidus est et imbres et nives creat,” Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 4: “nocturnos formidare vapores,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 93: volat vapor ater ad auras. smoke, Verg. A. 7, 466; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 40; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Sen. Herc. Fur. 911.—
II. In partic., a warm exhalation, warmth, heat, etc.
A. Lit.: “(terra semen) tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffundit,” Cic. Sen. 15, 51: aestifer ignis uti lumen jacit atque vaporem, Lucr. 1, 663: “solis,” id. 1, 1032; 2, 150; 4, 185; 4, 201; 6, 236; Curt. 7, 5, 3; “of the heat of the thunderbolt: inusta vaporis signa,” Lucr. 6, 220: “finditque vaporibus arva (Phoebus),” Ov. M. 3, 152: “siderum,” Hor. Epod. 3, 15: “lentusque carinas Est vapor,” Verg. A. 5, 683; cf. id. ib. 698: “locus torridus et vaporis plenus,” Liv. 5, 48, 1: “vapore foveri,” Cels. 7, 7, 2; 7, 7, 10; 7, 9 fin.; 8, 4; 8, 7; Col. 1, 4, 10; 7, 3, 8 al.—
