candens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →candeo, candere, candui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be of brilliant whiteness, shine, gleam (white); become/be hot; glow, sparkle;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →candens, candentis (gen.), candentior -or -us, candentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shining/bright/clear (light); (approaching) white; boiling/red-hot, glowing;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...recepit ignem, continuo magno clamore trucidat; ut calidis candens ferrum e fornacibus olim stridit, ubi in gelidum propter..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ater init oculos prior et possedit apertos, insequitur candens confestim lucidus aër, qui quasi purgat eos ac nigras..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...addita demptaque quaedam, continuo id fieri ut candens videatur et album. quod si caeruleis constarent aequora ponti seminibus..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pecudes pinguis per pabula laeta corpora deponunt et candens lacteus umor uberibus manat distentis, hinc nova proles artubus..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...detegit ossa. ipse cruor, gelido ceu quondam lammina candens tincta lacu, stridit coquiturque ardente veneno. nec modus..."
