ignescerent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ignesco, ignescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
take fire, kindle; become inflamed (with passion);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
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..."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..."