candeo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *kandēō (earlier *kandējō), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to shine, glow”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”), Albanian hënë (“moon”), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “shining”) and Old Armenian խանդ (xand).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.de.oː/, [ˈkän̪d̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.de.o/, [ˈkän̪d̪eo]
Verb edit
candeō (present infinitive candēre, perfect active canduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white
- to glow (with heat), to be glowing hot, to be hot
- Synonym: caleō
Conjugation edit
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Descendants edit
- Italian: candire, ⇒ candeggiare
References edit
- “candeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “candeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- candeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87