aestuosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

aestŭōsus, a, um, adj. [aestus], full of agitation or heat.

I Very hot : aura, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.: aestuosa et pulverulenta via, Cic. Att. 5, 14; Hor. Epod. 16, 62: auster, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 119: aestuosissimi dies, id. 34, 12, 28, § 116: Syrtes, the burning Syrtes , Hor. C. 1, 22, 5; hence, Oraclum Jovis inter aestuosi, i. e. of Jupiter Ammon in the Libyan desert , Cat. 7, 5.—

II Great ly agitated , in violent ebullition : freta, Hor. C. 2, 7, 16.—Hence, adv.: aestŭōsē , hotly , impetuously , Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 67.— Comp. , Hor. Epod. 3, 18.— Sup. prob. not used.

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