candentem
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. - 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. (m./f.)
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Dauno ignipotens deus ipse parenti fecerat et Stygia candentem tinxerat unda. exim quae mediis ingenti adnixa columnae aedibus..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dona, et statuam ante aras aurata fronte iuvencum candentem pariterque caput cum matre ferentem, iam cornu petat..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pelagi, quorum aequora curro, vobis laetus ego hoc candentem in litore taurum constituam ante aras voti reus, extaque..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ruent! Atlas en ipse laborat vixque suis umeris candentem sustinet axem! si freta, si terrae pereunt, si regia..."
