vĕhĕmentĭa (noun F) : id. (post-Aug.).
* Eagerness, fervency, vehemence: Pollio Asinius fuit acris vehementiae,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 33: Gracchi,Gell. 1, 11, 14.
* Strength: odoris,Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59: saporis,id. 19, 5, 27, § 88; cf. id. 23, 1, 21, § 36: venarum,i. e. a strong pulse,id. 23, 1, 24, § 48: linteorum strigilumque,i. e. a copious use,id. 28, 4, 14, § 55.
* Of language: inter hujus generis et illius superioris vehementiam hoc interest,Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26.