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vī̆bro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cf. Sanscr. vip, to tremble].

  1. I. Act., to set in tremulous motion, to move rapidly to and fro, to brandish, shake, agitate (class.; syn.: quatio, ventilo).
    1. A. Lit.: hastas ante pugnam, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325: hastam, id. Off. 2, 8, 29: flamina vestes, to cause to flutter, Ov. M. 1, 528: faces, Claud. Epith. 97: multifidas linguas (draco), Val. Fl. 1, 61: tremor vibrat ossa, makes tremble, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 152: viscera vibrantur (equitando), are shaken about, Tac. A. 12, 51: impositus scuto more gentis et sustinentium umeris vibratus, dux eligitur, id. H. 4, 15: digitis vibratis jactare sententias, Quint. 11, 3, 120: thyrsum manu, Sen. Oedip. 420: serpens squalidum crista caput vibrans, id. Herc. Oet. 1254.
      Poet.: vibrata flammis aequora, i. e. glimmering, sparkling, Val. Fl. 8, 306: crines vibrati, i. e. curled, frizzled, Verg. A. 12, 100; Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189.
      Mid.: sic mea vibrari pallentia membra videres, Ov. H. 11, 77.
      1. 2. Transf., to throw with a vibratory motion, to launch, hurl: sicas et spargere venena, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant, Curt. 3, 11, 4: tremulum excusso jaculum lacerto, Ov. H. 4, 43: per auras spicula, id. M. 8, 374: fulmina (Juppiter), id. ib. 2, 308; cf.: vibratus ab aethere fulgor, Verg. A. 8, 524: jaculum ex arborum ramis vibrari, Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. Of language, to fling, hurl, launch: truces vibrare iambos, Cat. 36, 5; cf. 2. vibratus, II.
      2. 2. To threaten: tela undique mortem vibrantia, Amm. 31, 13, 2.
  2. II. Neutr., to be in tremulous motion, etc.
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen., to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble: linguā vibrante (serpentis), Lucr. 3, 657; Ov. M. 3, 34: terrae motus non simplici modo quatitur, sed tremit vibratque, Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194.
      2. 2. Of the voice or sounds, to tremble: (haec vox) sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis, Sen. Prov. 3, 3; cf.: sonus lusciniae vibrans, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: querelā adhuc vibrante, Val. Max. 5, 3, 2: ejusmodi fabulae vibrabant, Petr. 47.
      3. 3. To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate, etc.: mare, quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: signa, Flor. 3, 11: in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto, Sil. 2, 664; Val. Fl. 2, 583; 2, 342; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2.
        Of bright weapons: juvenes Tela tenent dextrā lato vibrantia ferro, Ov. M. 8, 342: gladius, Verg. A. 9, 769; cf.: clipeum Vibranti medium cuspis transverberat ictu, id. ib. 10, 484.
    2. B. Trop., of language: cujus (Demosthenis) non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur, would not have been hurled with such vigor, Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf.: oratio incitata et vibrans, id. Brut. 95, 326: sententiae, Quint. 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120.
      Hence, vĭbrātus, a, um, P. a., impetuous, forcible: iambus flammis fulminis vibratior, Aus. Ep. 21, 5.