ūrō ūssī, ūstus, ere VAS-, to burn: nocturna in lumina cedrum, V.: picem, O.

—To burn up, destroy by fire, waste by burning, reduce to ashes, consume: hominem mortuum: agros, L.: arces, H.: urenda filix, H.: cum frondibus uritur arbos, O.: uritur (Gallia): regionem, Cu.

—To burn, scorch, parch, dry up, sting, pain: partes (terrarum) incultae, quod urantur calore: cum sol ureret arva, O.: urentes harenae, H.: pestilentia urens urbem atque agros, L.

—Of encaustic painting, to burn in: picta coloribus ustis puppis, O.: tabulam coloribus, to paint encaustically, O.

—To rub sore, gall, fret, chafe, corrode: calceus . . . si pede minor, uret, H.: loris non ureris, H.: ut prensos urant iuga prima iuvencos, O.

—To pinch with cold, nip, blast, wither, frostbite: pernoctant venatores in nive in montibus

— uri se patiuntur: Nec per gelidas herba sit usta nivīs, O.

—Fig., to burn, inflame, consume, fire, heat, set on fire, kindle: Me tamen urit amor, V.: Urit me Glycerae nitor, H.: Uritur infelix Dido, V.: meum iecur urere bilis, H.: Urit fulgore suo qui praegravat, etc., excites envy, H.

—To vex, annoy, gall, disturb, harass, oppress: hominem, T.: eos bellum urebat, L.: captos legibus ure tuis, O.