smouldering
smouldering (adj.):
1. sōpītus: he stirs up the s. embers, cinerem et sopitos suscitat ignes, Virg. Aen. 5, 743: ib, 8, 410: cf. Herculeis sopitas ignibus aras excitat, ib. 542.
2. languĭdus: to blow up s. fires, l. ignes sufflare, Plin. 34, 8, 19, 17, § 79. Perh. lentus too may serve. Phr.: you are walking over s.ing fires, incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 7.
1. sōpītus: he stirs up the s. embers, cinerem et sopitos suscitat ignes, Virg. Aen. 5, 743: ib, 8, 410: cf. Herculeis sopitas ignibus aras excitat, ib. 542.
2. languĭdus: to blow up s. fires, l. ignes sufflare, Plin. 34, 8, 19, 17, § 79. Perh. lentus too may serve. Phr.: you are walking over s.ing fires, incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 7.