(verb) : ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, for uso from root us; cf. Gr. εὔω, to singe; αὔω, to kindle
* To burn (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: (sacer ignis) urit corpore serpens Quamcumque arripuit partem,Lucr. 6, 660: urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,id. 4, 871: calidum hoc est: etsi procul abest, urit male,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 81: urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum,Verg. A. 7, 13: homines in usum nocturni luminis,Tac. A. 15, 44: picem et ceras alimentaque cetera flammae,Ov. M. 14, 533.
* Trop., to burn, inflame, consume with passion; in pass., to burn, glow, be heated, be inflamed, be enamored; of love or lust: me tamen urit amor,Verg. E. 2, 68: Daphnis me malus urit,id. ib. 8, 83: vires urit videndo Femina,id. G. 3, 215: urit me Glycerae nitor, Urit grata protervitas,Hor. C. 1, 19, 5 sq.— Pass.: uritur infelix Dido,Verg. A. 4, 68: Hor. Epod. 14, 13; Ov. M. 1, 496; 3, 464; 7, 22; 13, 763 al.: meum jecur urere bilis,Hor. S. 1, 9, 66: ira communiter urit utrumque,id. Ep. 1, 2, 13.—Pass.: uror, seu, etc.,Hor. C. 1, 13, 9.—Of envy: urit fulgore suo,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.
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* Of encaustic painting, to burn in (very rare): picta coloribus ustis puppis,Ov. F. 4, 275: tabulam coloribus,id. ib. 3, 831.
* To burn, i. e. to scorch, parch, dry up; to sting or pain acutely (syn. torreo): videmus ceteras partes incultas (terrarum), quod aut frigore rigeant aut urantur calore,Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: cum Sol gravis ureret arva,Ov. M. 6, 339: terras (Sol),id. ib. 4, 194: campum (seges),Verg. G. 1, 77 sq.: solum (cicer),Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124: vineas (fimum suillum),id. 17, 27, 46, § 258: urentes harenae,Hor. C. 3, 4, 31; v. Orell. ad h. l.: sitis usserat herbas,Ov. F. 4, 299: sitis arida guttur Urit,id. M. 11, 130: fauces urit sitis,Hor. S. 1, 2, 114: nec febribus uror anhelis,Ov. P. 1, 10, 5: pestilentia urens simul urbem atque agros,Liv. 10, 47, 6: dysenteria si urat,Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 128: calx urit, discutit, extrahit, burns, heats (when taken as a medicine), id. 36, 24, 57, § 180: uri, vinciri, ferroque necari,Sen. Ep. 37, 1: hae sunt, quarum Delicias et panniculus bombycinus urit,oppresses,Juv. 6, 260.
* To rub sore; to gall, fret, chafe, corrode: calceus ... si pede minor, uret,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43: si te gravis uret sarcina chartae,id. ib. 1, 13, 6: teneros urit lorica lacertos,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 23.uri virgis,Hor. S. 2, 7, 58: loris non ureris,id. Ep. 1, 16, 47: antiqua terebra urit eam partem quam perforat: Gallica excavat nec urit,Col. Arb. 8, 3: ut prensos urant juga prima juvencos,Ov. R. Am. 235.
* To pinch with cold; to nip, blast, wither: pernoctant venatores in nive, in montibus uri se patiuntur,Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40: Scythae continuis frigoribus uruntur,Just. 2, 2, 9: iis, quae frigus usserit, sunt remedio,Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 119; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 8; id. F. 1, 680: urebant montana nives,Luc. 4, 52; Val. Fl. 2, 287.
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* To vex, annoy: uro hominem,I gall the fellow,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 42; cf. pass.: id nunc his cerebrum uritur, Me esse hos trecentos Philippos facturum lucri,Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25.
* In gen., to disturb, harass, annoy, oppress: eos bellum Romanum urebat,Liv. 10, 17, 1; cf. pass.: quo (bello) Italia urebatur,id. 27, 39, 9: labor aliquem urens,id. 36, 23, 5: captos legibus ure tuis,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 70: populum gravis urebat infesto mari annona,Vell. 2, 77, 1: urebat nobilem populum ablatum mare,Flor. 2, 6, 2.