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
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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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."