caleant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caleo, calere, calui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be/feel/be kept warm; be hot with passion/inflamed/active/driven hotly/urged;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Mensarumque pedes non timet Hermogenes. Quamvis non modico caleant spectacula sole, Vela reducuntur, cum venit Hermogenes. Festinant trepidi..."- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...reddita est ratio. [24,1] Quare quaedam aquae caleant, quaedam etiam ferueant in tantum, ut non possint esse..."