(verb) : cālīgo, āre, 1. caligo.
* To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek: amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,Col. 1, 5, 4: aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.: omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,Verg. A. 2, 606.
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* Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about: orbatae caligant vela carinae,Stat. S. 5, 3, 238: caligare ad pervidendum,Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1: virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.: rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.: caligare in sole,to grope in broad daylight,Quint. 1, 2, 19.
* Poet.: altae caligantesque fenestrae,dizzy,Juv. 6, 31.
* In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.—Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted: caligans Thyestes,Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

cālīgo | call- (noun F) : (), , root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella
* A thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): suffundere caelum caligine,Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92: (ignis) piceă crassus caligine,Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7: densa caligo occaecaverat diem,id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19: fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111: caligo aestuosa,Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57: nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.: inter caligines,Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence
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* (Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae; class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,i. e. had caused dizziness,Liv. 26, 45, 3: erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit; sole orto est discussa,id. 29, 27, 7: nox terram caligine texit,Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649: caeca noctis,id. 4, 457: caecae umbra,id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203: quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,Ov. M. 4, 455: ara obscurā caligine tecta,Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.: caligo tenebrarum,Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.; and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,App. M. 9, p. 214.
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* In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception: quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207: Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,to throw into the shade,Vell. 2, 37, 1.
* In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.

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