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