sultriness
sultriness
subs.
Heat: P. and V. καῦμα, τό, θάλπος, τό.
Suffocating heat: Ar. and P. πνῖγος, τό.
subs.
Heat: P. and V. καῦμα, τό, θάλπος, τό.
Suffocating heat: Ar. and P. πνῖγος, τό.
SULTRINESS
aestus fervidus (Hor. Sat. 1 1 38).
aestus fervidus (Hor. Sat. 1 1 38).
sultriness: vīs aestūs: the excessive s. occasioned a general sickness in both camps, intoleranda vis aestus per utraque castra omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26, med.: cf. fervidus aestus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 38; v. also HEAT (subs., I., 5): perh. too calores, fervores may serve (v. HEAT , subs.). Expr. also by adj. (v. SULTRY ).