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īgnis or (once in H.) īgnīs is (abl. īgnī; rarely īgne), m

1 AG-, fire: ignem ex lignis fieri iussit: ignīs restinguere: templis ignīs inferre: subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt: casurae inimicis ignibus arces, V.: ignīs fieri prohibuit, Cs.: ignem operibus inferre, Cs.: urbi ferro ignique minitari: gravis, a conflagration, Ta.: ignibus significatione factā, signal-fires, Cs.: ut fumo atque ignibus significatur, watch-fires, Cs.: quorundam igni et equus adicitur, the funeral pyre, Ta.: fulsere ignes, lightnings, V.: missos Iuppiter ignīs Excusat, thunderbolt, O.: inter ignīs Luna minores, i. e. stars, H.: clarior ignis Auditur, the crackling of fire, V.: Eumenidum, torches, Iu.: emendus, i. e. fuel, Iu.: sacer, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, V.: aqua et ignis, i. e. the necessaries of life.—Fire, brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness: curvatos imitatus ignīs lunae, H.: nox caret igne suo, starlight, O.: positi sub ignibus Indi, the sun, O.— Fig., fire, glow, rage, fury, love, passion: exarsere ignes animo, V.: huic ordini ignem novum subici: caeco carpitur igni, secret love, V.: tectus magis aestuat ignis, O.: socii ignes, i. e. nuptials, O.A beloved object, flame: Accede ad ignem hunc, T.: meus, V.: pulchrior, H.An agent of destruction, fire, flame: ne parvus hic ignis incendium ingens exsuscitet (i. e. Hannibal), L.

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