noun · masculinethird declension
ignis
ignis m (genitive ignis)
Classical[ˈɪŋ.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈiɲ.ɲis]
№ 151 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- masculinefire
ferrō ignīque
with iron and with firestriduntque cavernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat
Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 8.420–421 - masculinemetonymicallybeacon, signal by fire
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod ārdet et lūcet et ūrit; in focō ignis cibum coquit.ignis -is m — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
flammaignis -is (m) — in Metamorphoses I, †
fire
ignis -is — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 3, 5, 13, 16, 18, 23 and Seneca, ch. II
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ignis igniculus | ignēs igniculī |
| genitive | ignis igniculī | ignium igniculōrum |
| dative | ignī igniculō | ignibus igniculīs |
| accusative | ignem igniculum | ignēs ignīs, igniculōs |
| ablative | ignī igne, igniculō | ignibus igniculīs |
| vocative | ignis ignicule | ignēs igniculī |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ignem alere
- to keep up a fire.
- ignem conclamare
- to raise an alarm of fire.
- igni cremari, necari
- to perish in the flames.
- ignem facere, accendere
- to light, make a fire.
- eruptiones ignium Aetnaeorum
- an eruption of Etna.
- ignem tectis inferre, subicere
- to set fire to houses.
- ignem concipere, comprehendere
- to take fire.
- aqua et igni interdicere alicui
- to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw.
6 more phrases
- ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)
- to make up, stir up a fire.
- ventus ignem distulit (B. G. 5. 43)
- the wind spread the conflagration.
- ignem inferre operibus (B. C. 2. 14)
- to set fire to the siege-works.
- Vesuvius evomit (more strongly eructat) ignes
- Vesuvius is discharging flame.
- minitari alicui igni ferroque (Phil. 13. 9. 21)
- to threaten with fire and sword.
- omnia ferro ignique, ferro atque igni or ferro flammaque vastare
- to ravage with fire and sword.
ignis, is (abl. usu. igni; poet. and postAug. igne; so Plin. ap. Charis. p. 98 P.; Charis. p. 33 P.; Prisc. p. 766 P.; and always in Mart., e. g. 1, 21, 5; 4, 57, 6; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 223 sq.;
I.
scanned ignis, Verg. E. 3, 66; id. G. 3, 566; Ov. H. 16, 230; Lucr. 1, 663; 853; but ignīs, Hor. C. 1, 15, 36), m. Sanscr. agnis, fire; Lith. ugn-is; Slav. ogný; Gr. αἴγλη, ἀγλαός, fire (com mon in sing. and plur.; cf. flamma, incendium). I. Lit.:
lapidum conflictu atque tritu elici ignem videmus, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: admoto igni ignem concipere, id. de Or. 2, 45, 190: pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit, id. Off. 1, 16, 52; cf.: datur ignis, tametsi ab inimico petas, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53: ignis periculum, id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; plur. = sing.: subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt, id. N. D. 2, 10, 27: cum omnes naturae numini divino, caelum, ignes, terrae, maria parerent, id. ib. 1, 9, 22: hisce animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus, quae sidera et stellas vocatis, id. Rep. 6, 15: ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.: quod pluribus simul locis ignes coörti essent, Liv. 26, 27, 5: ignibus armata multitudo, facibusque ardentibus collucens, id. 4, 33, 2: ignes fieri prohibuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 5: ignem accendere, Verg. A. 5, 4: ignem circum subicere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69: ignem operibus inferre, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1: ignem comprehendere, id. B. G. 5, 43, 2: igni cremari, id. ib. 1, 4, 1: urbi ferro ignique minitari, Cic. Phil. 11, 14 fin.: ignis in aquam conjectus, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 et saep.: quodsi incuria insulariorum ignis evaserit (opp. incendium inferre), Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.—Poet.: fulsere ignes et conscius aether, lightnings, Verg. A. 4, 167; cf.: Diespiter Igni corusco nubila dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: caelum abscondere tenebrae nube una subitusque antennas impulit ignis, Juv. 12, 19; 13, 226: micat inter omnes Julium sidus, velut inter ignes luna minores, i. e. stars, id. ib. 1, 12, 47: et jam per moenia clarior ignis Auditur, the crackling of fire, Verg. A. 2, 705: Eumenidum ignis, torches, Juv. 14, 285.—2. In partic.
a. Sacer ignis, a disease, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, Cels. 5, 28, 4; Verg. G. 3, 566; Col. 7, 5, 16.—
b. Aqua et ignis, to signify the most important necessaries of life; v. aqua.—
B. Transf., brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness (mostly poet.):
fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 57; cf.: jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem, id. ib. 3, 29, 17; so of the brightness of the stars, Ov. M. 4, 81; 11, 452; 15, 665; of the sun, id. ib. 1, 778; 4, 194; 7, 193; of Aurora, id. ib. 4, 629: arcano florentes igne smaragdi, Stat. Th. 2, 276; cf. Mart. 14, 109; and: acies stupet igne metalli, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 51: cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne qui est ob os offusus, redness, blush, Cic. Univ. 14; Stat. Ach. 1, 516.—2. Firewood, fuel:
caulis miseris atque ignis emendus, Juv. 1, 134.—II. Trop.
A. (Mostly poet.) The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury:
exarsere ignes animo, Verg. A. 2, 575: saevos irarum concipit ignes, Val. Fl. 1, 748; most freq. of the flame of love, love: cum odium non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis, Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13: laurigerosque ignes, si quando avidissimus hauri, raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509: quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei, Ov. F. 1, 473: (Dido) caeco carpitur igni, the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4, 2; so in sing., Ov. M. 3, 490; 4, 64; 195; 675 et saep.; in plur., Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; 1, 27, 16; 3, 7, 11; Ov. M. 2, 410; 6, 492 et saep.; cf.: socii ignes, i. e. nuptials, Ov. M. 9, 796.— 2. Transf., like amores, a beloved object, a flame (only poet.):
at mihi sese offert ultro meus ignis, Amyntas, Verg. E. 3, 66; Hor. Epod. 14, 13.—B. Figuratively of that which brings destruction, fire, flame:
quem ille obrutum ignem (i. e. bellum) reliquerit, Liv. 10, 24, 13: ne parvus hic ignis (i. e. Hannibal) incendium ingens exsuscitet, id. 21, 3, 6; cf.: et Syphacem et Carthaginienses, nisi orientem illum ignem oppressissent, ingenti mox incendio arsuros, i. e. Masinissa, id. 29, 31, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īgnis or (once in H.) īgnīs is (abl. īgnī; rarely īgne), m
1 AG-, fire: ignem ex lignis fieri iussit: ignīs restinguere: templis ignīs inferre: subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt: casurae inimicis ignibus arces, V.: ignīs fieri prohibuit, Cs.: ignem operibus inferre, Cs.: urbi ferro ignique minitari: gravis, a conflagration, Ta.: ignibus significatione factā, signal-fires, Cs.: ut fumo atque ignibus significatur, watch-fires, Cs.: quorundam igni et equus adicitur, the funeral pyre, Ta.: fulsere ignes, lightnings, V.: missos Iuppiter ignīs Excusat, thunderbolt, O.: inter ignīs Luna minores, i. e. stars, H.: clarior ignis Auditur, the crackling of fire, V.: Eumenidum, torches, Iu.: emendus, i. e. fuel, Iu.: sacer, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, V.: aqua et ignis, i. e. the necessaries of life.—Fire, brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness: curvatos imitatus ignīs lunae, H.: nox caret igne suo, starlight, O.: positi sub ignibus Indi, the sun, O.— Fig., fire, glow, rage, fury, love, passion: exarsere ignes animo, V.: huic ordini ignem novum subici: caeco carpitur igni, secret love, V.: tectus magis aestuat ignis, O.: socii ignes, i. e. nuptials, O.— A beloved object, flame: Accede ad ignem hunc, T.: meus, V.: pulchrior, H.—An agent of destruction, fire, flame: ne parvus hic ignis incendium ingens exsuscitet (i. e. Hannibal), L.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís (“fire”). The exact phonological development of this term is slightly unclear. De Vaan suggests that Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís yielded *Həngni-, whence *engni- or *ingni-, which dissimilated into *egni- or *igni-. This term constitutes an issue for the Latin sound law *CCCC > CaCCC, leading Schrijver to argue that *h₁ must have lost phonemic status by the time of epenthesis. Thus, Schrijver ultimately suggests a development *h₁n̥gʷni- > *h₁əngʷni- > *əngʷni- > ignis. In any case, the term displaced Proto-Italic *pūr. Cognate with Lithuanian ugnis, Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (akniš) (an Indo-Iranian borrowing), Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ) and Old Prussian ugnis.
Descendants
- Italianigne