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desaevio

desaevio, to rave furiously, rage

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

dēsaeviō, iī, 4, n.: to rage furiously; rage, 4.52.
dē -saevĭo, ĭi (the pluperfect subj. contr. desaevisset, Suet. Ner. 29), 4, v. n.
  • I To rave furiously, to rage (not ante-Aug., and very rare): toto Aeneas desaevit in aequore, Verg. A. 10, 569: pelago hiems, id. ib. 4, 52: omnes in artus, Luc. 6, 540; cf. Suet. Ner. 29: tragica in arte, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 14: belli Punici procella, Flor. 2, 6, 12: ira tua desaeviet, Vulg. Num. 16, 22.—*
  • II To cease raving or raging: nec dum desaeviat ira, Exspectat, Luc. 5, 304.

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