ardesceret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ardesco, ardescere, arsi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
catch/take fire, kindle; become ignited/inflamed/hot/eager; erupt (volcano);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sacer tot ab ignibus aether conciperet flammas longusque ardesceret axis: esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, adfore tempus..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sacer tot ab ignibus aether conciperet flammas longusque ardesceret axis: esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, adfore tempus..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...erat torvus ac minax, voce vultu oculis ardesceret, non illa nota et celebritate periculorum sueta iam senatus maestitia..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...uxoris noscere ac punire adactus est ut deinde ardesceret in nuptias incestas. Iam Messalina facilitate adulteriorum in fastidium..."