flammifer

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

flammĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [flamma + fero],

flame-bearing , i. e. flaming , burning , fiery (poet.): fer mi auxilium; pestem abige a me, flammiferam hanc vim, quae me excruciat, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 28, 89 (Trag. 50 ed. Vahl.): crinis (stellae), Ov. M. 15, 849: currus solis, Sil. 5, 55: Olympus, Val. Fl. 1, 4: nox, i. e. lit up by torches , Luc. 5, 402.

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