Definition of deflagro, deflagro
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LNS
dēflāgrō, dēflāgrāre, dēflāgrāvī, dēflāgrātus
dēflagrō, dēflagrāre, dēflagrāvī, dēflagrātus
deflagro
verb (1st conjugation)
  1. To burn down, to be consumed by fire
  2. Neutr
  3. to perish, be destroyed
  4. to destroy utterly
  5. To burn out, cease burning
  6. to abate, be allayed
Abbreviations
dēflā^gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. To burn down, to be consumed by fire (freq. only in Cic.; cf. conflagro). Neutr. Lit.: qua nocte natus esset Alexander, eadem Dianae Ephesiae templum deflagravisse, Cic. N. D. 2, 27 fin.; id. Div. 1, 17; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; id. Ac. 2, 37 fin.; Liv. 5, 53 fin.; 10, 44; Suet. Tib. 48: Phaethon ictu fulminis deflagravit, Cic. Off. 3, 25.

— Trop., to perish, be destroyed: communi incendio malint quam suo deflagrare, Cic. Sest. 46, 99: ruere ac deflagrare omnia passuri estis? Liv. 3, 52.

— Act. (very rare): fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19: quae (sol) proxime currendo deflagrat, Vitr. 6, 1.

—* Trop., to destroy utterly: in cinere deflagrati imperii, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12 (cf. deflagratio fin.).

— To burn out, cease burning; rare, and only trop. of the fire of passion, = defervesco, to abate, be allayed: deflagrare iras vestras posse, Liv. 40, 8: deflagrante paullatim seditione, Tac. H. 2, 29: iram senis deflagrare pati, Lact. Mort. Pers. 14, 5.

—Transf. to persons: sic deflagrare minaces Incassum, Luc. 4, 280.
 
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