incendebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →incendo, incendere, incendi, incensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
set on fire; set fire to, kindle, burn; cause to flame/burn; keep fire burning;; scorch; make fiery hot (fever/thirst); light up; cause to glow; intensify;; inspire, fire, rouse, excite, inflame; provoke, incense, aggravate;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...castrorum suorum. Quas singulas scaphae adversariorum complures adortae incendebant atque expugnabant. Hac re nuntiata Caesari classes circum insulas..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Haec iuventutem, ubi familiares opes defecerant, ad facinora incendebant: animus inbutus malis artibus haud facile lubidinibus carebat..."