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..."- P
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..."