Latin

Verb

cōnflagrō ‎(present infinitive cōnflagrāre, perfect active cōnflagrāvī, supine cōnflagrātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I am on fire or in flames, am consumed; I burn.
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.36.92

     Atque hi tanti ignes tamque multi non modo nihil nocent terris rebusquc terrestribus, sed ita prosunt, ut, si moti loco sint, conflagrare terras necesse sit a tantis ardoribus moderatione et temperatione sublata

     And these fiery bodies, which are so great and numerous, not only do no harm to the earth and what is upon the earth, but are beneficial in this way, that if they were moved from their place the earth would inevitably be consumed by their intense heat, when it had ceased to be controlled and moderated.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) I am destroyed, ruined, exhausted.
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 7.30.12

     […] ubi conflagrassent Sidicini, ad nos traiecturum illud incendium esse

     […] we knew that when the Sidicines had been destroyed the fire would sweep on to us.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) I am inflamed or impassioned; I burn.
   • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.5.35.92

     una atque eadem nox erat qua praetor amoris turpissimi flamma, classis populi Romani praedonum incendio conflagrabat

     On one and the same night, the praetor was burning with the flame of the most disgraceful love, a fleet of the Roman people with the fire of pirates.

4. (transitive, rare) I burn.

Inflection

Derived terms

• cōnflagrātiō

Related terms

• circumflagrō
• dēflagrō
• flagrō
• īnflagrō

Descendants

• Portuguese: conflagrar
• Spanish: conflagrar

References

• conflagro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conflagro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “conflagro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on fire, in flames: incendio flagrare, or simply conflagrare, ardere (Liv. 30. 7)