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flā^gro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. φλέγω, φλεγέθω, φλόξ; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398,
I.to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.).
II. Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.).
A. To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked.—With abl.: “non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so, “desiderio tui,id. ib. 7, 4, 1: “dicendi studio,id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.: “eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,Nep. Milt. 5, 1: “cupiditate atque amentia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12: “amore,id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.: “cupidine currus,Ov. M. 2, 104: “libidinibus in mulieres,Suet. Gramm. 23: “odio,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190: “totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,id. Att. 7, 17, 4: “bello flagrans Italia,id. de Or. 3, 2, 8: “convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71.—Absol.: “flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.: “uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,Sall. C. 14, 6.—Poet. with acc. of respect, to love: “caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,Prop. 1, 13, 23: “Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,Verg. Cul. 220.—*
2. Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion: “Elisam,Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.—
B. To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer: “consules flagrant infamiā,Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.: “invidiā et infamiā,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5: “invidiā,id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16: “infamiā,id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44: “rumore malo,Hor. S. 1, 4, 125; “ignominiā et pudore,Flor. 2, 18: “inopiā et cupidinibus,Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl.—Hence, flā^grans , antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.
A. Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf. “telum,Verg. G. 1, 331: “flagrantis hora Caniculae,Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.: “flagrantissimo aestu,Liv. 44, 36, 7: “genae,Verg. A. 12, 65: “oscula,Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.—
2. Transf., of color, glittering, shining: “(Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,Verg. A. 12, 167: “redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),Sil. 12, 731.—
B. Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement: “oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,Cic. Fat. 2, 3: “non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,id. de Or. 3, 61, 230: “recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,id. Mur. 31, 65: “flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,flickering, restless, Lucr. 4, 1165: “in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: “flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,Tac. A. 14, 51: “flagrantissimus amor,Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2: “Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39: “Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14 ext. 3: “studia plebis,Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.: “aeger et flagrans animus,id. ib. 3, 54: “flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1.—Hence, flā^gran-ter , adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.): “Germani exarsere flagrantius,Amm. 31, 10, 5: “flagrantius amare,Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.: “flagrantissime cupĕre,Tac. A. 1, 3.
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