ignescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ignesco, ignescere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
take fire, kindle; become inflamed (with passion);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...moror.' iam mouerat iras rex ferus, et tristes ignescunt sanguine uultus. inde ultro Phlegyas et non cunctator iniqui..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fauces: haud aliter Rutulo muros et castra tuenti ignescunt irae, duris dolor ossibus ardet. qua temptet ratione aditus..."