candescerer
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. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
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..."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..."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..."