Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : ăd-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.
* To set fire to, to kindle, to set in a flame, to burn, singe, scorch (cf. accendo), etc.
* Lit., of food: hoc adustum est, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; so Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; 90: splendor quicunque est acer, adurit Saepe oculos, * Lucr. 4, 330: Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—So of the Indian sages: sine gemitu aduruntur,suffer themselves to be burned,Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77: ignes caelestes adussisse complurium vestimenta dicebantur,Liv. 39, 22.—So in Cels., of the burning or cauterizing of a diseased limb: os eodem ferramento adurendum, 8, 2; cf. id. 5, 26, 21; 33: flammis aduri Colchicis,Hor. Epod. 5, 24: in desertis adustisque sole,Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19.
* Transf., to hurt, damage, consume; of locusts: multa contactu adurentes,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.— So of wind, to blast, from its effects: (arbores) aduri fervore aut flatu frigidiore,Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 216.—And also of cold and frost, to nip, to freeze: ne frigus adurat,Verg. G. 1, 92: nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma,Ov. M. 14, 763: adusta gelu,id. F. 4, 918: rigor nivis multorum adussit pedes,Curt. 7, 3: (leonis adipes) sanant adusta nivibus,Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.
* Fig., poet. of the fire (flame) of love, to burn, inflame: Venus non erubescendis adurit Ignibus,Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; cf.: ardores vincet adusta meos,Ov. H. 12, 180.— Hence, ădustus, a, um, P. a.
* Burned by the sun; hence, scorched, made brown, and, in gen., brown, swarthy: si qui forte adustioris coloris ex recenti via essent,Liv. 27, 47: adustus corpora Maurus,Sil. 8, 269: lapis adusto colore,Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 149.
* Subst.: ădusta, ōrum, n., burns upon the flesh, Cels. 5, 27.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary