Lewis Short
(adjective) : ignĕus, a, um, id.
* Of fire, fiery, on fire, burning, burning-hot (cf.: fervidus, calidus).
* Lit.: sidera tota esse ignea,Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40; cf. sol,Verg. G. 4, 426: arces (i. e. caelum),Hor. C. 3, 3, 10: ignea vis caeli,ether,Ov. M. 1, 26: ignea vis, fire, as one of the primary elements, acc. to Heraclitus, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 35: Aetne,Ov. M. 15, 341: Chimaera,Hor. C. 2, 17, 13: aestas,id. ib. 1, 17, 2: ardor,of fire,Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: celeritas, motus,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.
* Transf., of color, fiery, flaming, resplendent: gemmae igneo colore fulgentes,Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137: purpura,Val. Fl. 1, 427: cingula gemmis,Stat. Th. 12, 527.
* Trop., fiery, glowing, burning, fervid, ardent, vehement (poet.): furor,Ov. M. 9, 541: vigor,Verg. A. 6, 730: virtus,Luc. 9, 7: volat igneus aequore Tarchon,Verg. A. 11, 746; cf.: igneus in pugnas, in Martem et proelia et hostem, burning for the strife, etc., Sil. 6, 209.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary