(adj.Subst.adv.) : călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as
* Comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
* Lit.: fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888: corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,devoid of warmth,id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859; 6, 949 al.: fervor,id. 6, 657; 5, 604: fornaces,id. 6, 148: lavacra,id. 6, 800: corpus,id. 6, 856: febres,id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689; with flamma,id. 3, 903: omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23: calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42: calidissimae hiemes,Vitr. 2, 1: aestas,Sen. Hippol. 765: dies,Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2: sole caldo,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1: calda puls,id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—Comp.: caldior est,Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.—Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Aquae, = /(Ὕδατα Θερμά, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.
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* Călĭ-dum (caldum), i, n., = τὸ θερμόν (sc. ὕδωρ), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14: calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.
* In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets): equus calidus animis,of a fiery spirit,Verg. G. 3, 119: redemptor,eager, active,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72: calidus juventă,id. C. 3, 14, 27: caldior est,id. S. 1, 3, 53: rixa,id. C. 3, 27, 70.
* Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under θερμός): reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2: agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,Liv. 22, 24, 2: consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.: calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence
* With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare; perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,quickly procured,Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan: reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73: reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.: calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.: calide quicquid acturus,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

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