Febris

fē̆bris (the ē predominating in poets), is (acc. sing.:

febrem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 20; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 9:

febrim,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 294; Plaut. Pseud. 2, 2, 48; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 1; Plin. 25, 4, 17, § 37 Jan. et saep.— Abl.:

febri,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31; id. Att. 6, 9;

or: febre,

id. Att. 7, 1, 1; Suet. Vit. 14; Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: Juv. 10, 218 al.), f. [for fer-bris, root bhar-, to be hot, v. ferveo], a fever.

I.

Prop.: appellamus a calendo calorem, e fervore febrim, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 22:

quotidiana,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 22:

si cui venae sic moventur, hic habet febrem,

Cic. Fat. 8, 15; cf.:

febrim habere,

id. Fam. 7, 26, 1; Suet. Oth. 6:

aestu febrique jactari,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

te Romam venisse cum febri,

id. Att. 6, 9, 1; cf.:

cum febri domum rediit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 6:

febri carere,

id. Fam. 16, 15, 1;

for which, in an altered construction: caruitne febris te heri?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 17:

cum sine febri laborassem,

Cic. Att. 5, 8, 1:

in febri,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

in febrim subito incidere,

id. Fam. 14, 8, 1:

febre liberari,

Cels. 2, 17:

febri liberari,

Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 116:

febre corripi,

id. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

febre calere,

Juv. 10, 218:

quem torret olim domestica febris,

i. e. at home in him, id. 9, 17:

vigili cum febre,

id. 13, 229:

reliquit eum febris,

Vulg. Johan. 4, 52.—In plur.:

vide, ne tertianas quoque febres et quartanas divinas esse dicendum sit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

febres aliae ab horrore incipiunt, aliae a frigore, aliae a calore,

Cels. 3, 3 sq.:

calidae febres,

Lucr. 2, 34:

opella forensis Adducit febres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9.—

B.

Febris, personified as a deity, with three temples in Rome, the principal of which was on the Palatium, in the neighborhood of the Velabrum, Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 63; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 16; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; cf.:

Febri divae, Febri sanctae, Febri magnae, Camilla pro filio amato,

Inscr. Grut. p. 97, 1.—

* II.

Trop., a source of uneasiness, torment:

certo scio, nunc febrim tibi esse, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 48 Ritschl N. cr.