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candente

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    abl. sg. pres. act. part.
  • 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;

    Entry →
    abl. sg. (all)

Examples

  • L

    Thyestes

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE

    "...lentis data stillant caminis, illa flammatus latex candente aeno iactat. Impositas dapes transiluit ignis inque trepidantes focos..."
  • Gaius Valerius Flaccus

    Liber Quartus

    Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA

    "...siti, quos ore lacus, quae pabula carpsit, verbere candentes quotiens exhorruit armos! quin et ab excelso meditantem vertice..."
  • Gaius Valerius Flaccus

    Liber Secundus

    Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA

    "...ades, auguriis promisse et sorte deorum, iam cui candentes votivo in gramine pascit cornipedes genitor, nostrae stata dona..."
  • P

    Aeneid III

    P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid

    "...prorumpit ad aethera nubem turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit; interdum scopulos..."

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