verb transitive intransitive

dēflā^gro

2nd PP dēflā^grāre · 3rd PP dēflā^grāvi · 4th PP dēflā^grātum · conj. 1st

To burn down, to be consumed by fire

To burn down, to be consumed by fire (freq. only in Cic.; cf. conflagro).

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Lit.: qua nocte natus esset Alexander, eadem Dianae Ephesiae templum deflagravisse, Cic. N. D. 2, 27 fin.; id. Div. 1, 17; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; id. Ac. 2, 37 fin.; Liv. 5, 53 fin.; 10, 44; Suet. Tib. 48: Phaëthon ictu fulminis deflagravit, Cic. Off. 3, 25.—

to perish, be destroyed figuratively •

Trop., to perish, be destroyed: communi incendio malint quam suo deflagrare, Cic. Sest. 46, 99: ruere ac deflagrare omnia passuri estis? Liv. 3, 52.—

Act. (very rare): fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19: quae (sol)… •

Act. (very rare): fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19: quae (sol) proxime currendo deflagrat, Vitr. 6, 1.—*

to destroy utterly figuratively •

Trop., to destroy utterly: in cinere deflagrati imperii, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12 (cf. deflagratio fin.).—

To burn out, cease burning;; to abate, be allayed by extension ••

To burn out, cease burning; rare, and only trop. of the fire of passion, = defervesco, to abate, be allayed: deflagrare iras vestras posse, Liv. 40, 8: deflagrante paullatim seditione, Tac. H. 2, 29: iram senis deflagrare pati, Lact. Mort. Pers. 14, 5.—Transf. to persons: sic deflagrare minaces Incassum, Luc. 4, 280.

Perseus ID: n12702 Key: deflagro