(verb) : văpōro, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* A. [vapor]
* Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.
* Lit.: aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5: aquae fontanae vaporantes,Sol. 21.—*
* Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm: vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6: templum ture vaporant,fumigate, perfume,Verg. A. 11, 481: altaria,Stat. Th. 1, 455: vaporato caespite,Calp. Ecl. 2, 62: cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,i. e. are suffocated by the fumes,Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95: glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,warmed,Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.: laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7: dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,to be steamed, to receive the vapor,Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170: oculos spongiis expressis,Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.: morbi, quos vaporari oportet,Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.: inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,Pers. 1, 126.