Meaning of aestuo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be in agitation or violent commotion, move to and fro, writhe, rage, toss, boil up, heave
   conjugation-1
2. to burn, blaze, rage
   conjugation-1
3. to be warm or hot, swelter, glow, burn
   conjugation-1
4. to rise in waves or billows, surge, whirl, seethe
   conjugation-1
5. to burn with desire, be agitated or excited, be inflamed, fret
   conjugation-1, figuratively
6. to vacillate, hesitate, be in doubt or undecided
   conjugation-1, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“et ramosa tamen cum ventis pulsa vacillans / aestuat in ramos incumbens arboris arbor”

Yet also when a many-branched tree, / beaten by winds, writhes swaying to and fro, pressing 'gainst branches of a neighbour tree

“[…] aestuat ut clausis rapidus fornacibus ignis”

[…] as the rapacious fire blazes in a sealed furnace

“[…] et cum exustus ager morientibus aestuat herbis / ecce […]”

[…] and see, when the scorched land burns with the grasses withering […]

“[…] ubi Maura semper / aestuat unda”

[…] and Moorish wave / that whirls the sand.

“quod ubi auditum est aestuare illi qui pecuniam dederant”

And when this was known, they began to fret who had paid the money.

“sic anceps inter utrumque animus aestuat […]”

Consequently, the mind will waver in doubt between the two alternatives […]

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