ardor

property of Mars

Martis enim inconsulta temeritas et ardoris inprobitas et inflammati caloris ardor inpatiens coniuncto sibi Saturni frigore temperatur,

‘The association with Saturn reduces the unthinking rashness and impatient ardor of Mars and blunts it with Saturn's coldness’

fireball phenomenon

Interim illud existimo eiusmodi ignes existere aere vehementius trito, cum inclinatio eius in alteram partem facta est et non cessit, sed inter se pugnavit; ex hac vexatione nascuntur trabes et globi et faces et ardores.

‘For the time being, I guess this: fires of this sort come into existence because the atmosphere undergoes severe friction when there has been a tilting of it to one side and there is no yielding, only internal struggle. From this vexation are produced fiery shapes, the so-called Boards, Balls, Torches, and Blazes.’

Talem effigiem ignis longi fuisse Callisthenes tradit, antequam Burin et Helicen mare absconderet. Aristoteles ait non trabem illam sed cometen fuisse; ceterum ob nimium ardorem non apparuisse sparsum ignem sed, procedente tempore, cum iam minus flagraret, redditam suetam cometis faciem.

‘Callisthenes reports that a similar likeness of an extended fire appeared just before the sea covered Buris and Helice. Aristotle says that this was not a Beam but a comet. Moreover, he says that because of its excessive brightness the fire did not appear scattered but as time went on and it blazed less it recovered the usual appearance of a comet.’