ignescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ignesco, ignescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
take fire, kindle; become inflamed (with passion);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...puluerea Nemeen efferuere nube conspicit et solem radiis ignescere ferri, necdum compositas belli in certamina Thebas, concussus uisis..."- P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...caelestibus intulit astris dumque tulit, lumen capere atque ignescere sensit emisitque sinu: luna volat altius illa flammiferumque trahens..."