excandui
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excandesco, excandescere, excandui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
catch fire, burst into flame; blaze (w/light); flare up, burn w/rage/anger;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...formosorum mentio facta est, tam vehementer excandui, tam severa tristitia violari aures meas obsceno sermone nolui..."XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...modo laetus, ille, si creditis, nimium remissus amator excandui. miseremini, iudices, ne vobis venefica sic imponat, tamquam..."