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

  1. I. Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.
    1. A. Lit.: aquae vaporant et in mari ipso, Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5: aquae fontanae vaporantes, Sol. 21.
    2. * B. Trop., to glow, burn: invidiā quoniam, ceu fulmine, summa vaporant Plerumque, Lucr. 5, 1132.
  2. 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.