īgnis or (once in H.) īgnīs is (abl.īgnī; rarely īgne), m
1 AG-, fire : ignem ex lignis fieri iussit: ignīs restinguere: templis ignīs inferre: subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt: casurae inimicis ignibus arces, V.: ignīs fieri prohibuit, Cs.: ignem operibus inferre, Cs.: urbi ferro ignique minitari: gravis, a conflagration , Ta.: ignibus significatione factā, signal-fires , Cs.: ut fumo atque ignibus significatur, watch-fires , Cs.: quorundam igni et equus adicitur, the funeral pyre , Ta.: fulsere ignes, lightnings , V.: missos Iuppiter ignīs Excusat, thunderbolt , O.: inter ignīs Luna minores, i. e. stars , H.: clarior ignis Auditur, the crackling of fire , V.: Eumenidum, torches , Iu.: emendus, i. e. fuel , Iu.: sacer, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas , V.: aqua et ignis, i. e. the necessaries of life.—Fire, brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness : curvatos imitatus ignīs lunae, H.: nox caret igne suo, starlight , O.: positi sub ignibus Indi, the sun , O.— Fig., fire, glow, rage, fury, love, passion : exarsere ignes animo, V.: huic ordini ignem novum subici: caeco carpitur igni, secret love , V.: tectus magis aestuat ignis, O.: socii ignes, i. e. nuptials , O.— A beloved object, flame : Accede ad ignem hunc, T.: meus, V.: pulchrior, H.— An agent of destruction, fire, flame : ne parvus hic ignis incendium ingens exsuscitet (i. e. Hannibal), L.