flā̆grantĭa, ae, f. [flagro], a burning, a glowing heat, ardor (mostly post-class.).
I Lit.: montis (Aetnae), Gell. 17, 10, 8: solis, Ap. Met. 4, 31, 23; 6, 32, 4; aestatis, Arn. 2, p. 69: aestiva, the heat of summer , Mart. Cap. 8, p. 183: non flagrantiā oculorum, non libertate sermonis, sed etiam complexu; etc., * Cic. Cael. 20, 49.—
II Trop.: omnem pectoris flagrantiam sedare, vehement desire , Prud. στεφ. 10, 734: materna, maternal affection , Gell. 12, 1, 22.—Concr. as a term of reproach: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia? thou burning shame! worst of scoundrels! Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 28; cf. flagitium, II. A.