vaporo

văpōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [vapor]

I.

Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.

A.

Lit.:

aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,

Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5:

aquae fontanae vaporantes,

Sol. 21.—

* B.

Trop., to glow, burn:

invidiā quoniam, ceu fulmine, summa vaporant Plerumque,

Lucr. 5, 1132.—

II.

Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm:

vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),

Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6:

templum ture vaporant,

fumigate, perfume, Verg. A. 11, 481:

altaria,

Stat. Th. 1, 455:

vaporato caespite,

Calp. Ecl. 2, 62:

cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,

i. e. are suffocated by the fumes, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95:

glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,

warmed, Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.:

laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7:

dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,

to be steamed, to receive the vapor, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170:

oculos spongiis expressis,

Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.:

morbi, quos vaporari oportet,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.:

inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,

Pers. 1, 126.