ardor

ardor, ōris, m. [ardeo], a flame, fire, heat, burning heat, lit. and trop.

I.

Lit.:

solis ardor,

Lucr. 2, 212:

exortus est sol cum ardore,

Vulg. Jac. 1, 11:

ignium,

Lucr. 5, 587:

ignis,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 12:

flammarum,

Lucr. 5, 1093:

flammaï,

id. 5, 1099 al.:

visas ab occidente faces ardoremque caeli,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8:

ardor caelestis, qui aether vel caelum nominatur,

id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

ardore deflagrare,

id. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

ardores corporum in morbis,

Plin. 14, 16, 18, § 99:

Visitabo vos in egestate et ardore,

with burning fever, Vulg. Lev. 26, 16 al. —

II.

Trop.

A.

Of the flashing fire of the eyes, brightness, brilliancy:

fervescit et ex oculis micat acribus ardor,

and fire gleams forth from the keen eyes, Lucr. 3, 289:

ille imperatorius ardor oculorum,

Cic. Balb. 21, and id. N. D. 2, 42, 107.—Of the external appearance in gen.:

in te ardor voltuum atque motuum,

Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

oris,

animation, Vell. 2, 35.—

B.

Of the passions or feelings, heat, ardor, glow, impatience, eagerness, ardent desire:

Sive voluptas est sive est contrarius ardor, i. e. dolor,

some tormenting pain, Lucr. 3, 251:

cupiditatum ardore restincto,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43:

ardor mentis ad gloriam,

id. Cael. 31:

quem ardorem studii censetis fuisse in Archimede, qui etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 50:

ardor animi non semper adest, isque cum consedit,

id. Brut. 24, 93:

vultus ardore animi micans,

Liv. 6, 13:

ardorem compescere,

Tac. Agr. 8; Liv. 8, 16. — Transf. from the combatants to the weapons:

tantus fuit ardor armorum,

Liv. 22, 5:

Ardorem cupiens dissimulare meum,

glowing love, Tib. 4, 12, 6; so Ov. M. 7, 76.— With obj. gen.:

at te ejusdem virginis ardor Perdiderat,

Ov. M. 9, 101; 9, 140; Hor. Epod. 11, 27 al.—And meton., the object of ardent affection, love, flame:

tu primus et ultimus illi Ardor eris,

Ov. M. 14, 683.