răbĭes, em, e (gen. rabies, Lucr. 4, 1083; the other cases do not occur), f. [rabio].
I Lit., rage , madness (cf.: furor, insania).
1 Of dogs, Col. 7, 12, 14; Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64; 29, 5, 32, § 99.—
2 Of other animals, Col. 6, 35; Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68: ursina, id. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
3 Of men, madness , frenzy , Plin. 7, prooem. fin. 1, § 5; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 26; cf.: contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros, Liv. 21, 48, 4.—
II Trop., of any violent emotion, rage , anger , fury , fierceness , eagerness : Hecubam putant propter animi acerbitatem quandam et rabiem fingi in canem esse conversam, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63: sine rabie, id. ib. 4, 24, 53; Tac. H. 1, 63: Archilochum proprio rabies armavit iambo, Hor. A. P. 79; cf. id. Ep. 2, 1, 149: non dico horrendam rabiem, id. S. 2, 3, 323; Vell. 2, 64, 2: civica, fierce civil war , Hor. C. 3, 24, 26; cf. Tac. H. 2, 38; 5, 25; id. A. 1, 31; 39: hostilis, Liv. 29, 8 fin. : edendi, Verg. A. 9, 64. — Of the madness of love. Ter. Eun. 301; Lucr. 4, 1079; Hor. Epod. 12, 9. — Of the Sibyl's inspiration, Verg. A. 6, 49. —
b Of things: rabies fatalis temporis, Liv. 28, 34: ventorum, Ov. M. 5, 7; cf. Noti, Hor. C. 1, 3, 14: caelique marisque, Verg. A. 5, 802: pelagi, Sil. 2, 290: Canis, the fierce heat of the dogstar , Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16: ventris, i. e. ravenous hunger , voracity , Verg. A. 2, 357; Sil. 2, 472.