candescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →candesco, candescere, candui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow/become light/bright white; begin to glisten/radiate; become (red) hot;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iactata toro tumque experta cubile ecce videt tenui candescere limen Eoo. nec minus insomnem lux orta refecit amantem..."- P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...primum Aurora movetur, et breve post tempus candescere solis ab ortu. perstat in incepto stolidaeque cupidine palmae..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...velut e fornace profunda ore trahit currusque suos candescere sentit; et neque iam cineres eiectatamque favillam ferre potest..."