candentis
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;
gen. 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. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nimio rigida post artus morte iacebant. octavoque fere candenti lumine solis aut etiam nona reddebant lampade vitam. quorum..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...globus ut, si forte, pilai dimidia ex parti candenti lumine tinctus, versandoque globum variantis edere formas, donique..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...magni commorunt aequora venti, vertitur in canos candenti marmore fluctus; dicere enim possis, nigrum quod saepe videmus, materies..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pervigilat materna soror cultusque laborat. tenuia non illum candentis carbasa lini, non auro depicta chlamys, non flava galeri..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...agens lectas aurata fronte bidentes. Delius hic longe candenti veste sacerdos occurrit ramoque vocat iamque ipse recenti stat..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...parte revellit: qualis ubi aut leporem aut candenti corpore cycnum sustulit alta petens pedibus Iovis armiger uncis, quaesitum..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aras terram caesi stravere iuvenci. ipse sedens niveo candentis limine Phoebi dona recognoscit populorum aptatque superbis postibus; incedunt..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia..."
