Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ex- +‎ ardēscō (I am inflamed).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

exardēscō (present infinitive exardēscere, perfect active exarsī, supine exarsum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to flare or blaze up
  2. to glow
  3. (figuratively) to rage, blaze forth, burst forth, flare up, become fired, inflamed, excited
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.575–576:
      Exārsēre ignēs animō; subit īra cadentem
      ulcīscī patriam et scelerātās sūmere poenās.”
      “Fires raged within my spirit; a wrathful impulse provokes me to avenge my dying homeland and to exact retribution for the wicked crimes [of Helen].”
      (Syncopation: exarser(unt); infinitives of purpose: ulcisci, sumere.)
  4. to be provoked
  5. to be exasperated

Conjugation edit

  • The past passive participle exarsus does exist.
   Conjugation of exardēscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exardēscō exardēscis exardēscit exardēscimus exardēscitis exardēscunt
imperfect exardēscēbam exardēscēbās exardēscēbat exardēscēbāmus exardēscēbātis exardēscēbant
future exardēscam exardēscēs exardēscet exardēscēmus exardēscētis exardēscent
perfect exarsī exarsistī exarsit exarsimus exarsistis exarsērunt,
exarsēre
pluperfect exarseram exarserās exarserat exarserāmus exarserātis exarserant
future perfect exarserō exarseris exarserit exarserimus exarseritis exarserint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exardēscam exardēscās exardēscat exardēscāmus exardēscātis exardēscant
imperfect exardēscerem exardēscerēs exardēsceret exardēscerēmus exardēscerētis exardēscerent
perfect exarserim exarserīs exarserit exarserīmus exarserītis exarserint
pluperfect exarsissem exarsissēs exarsisset exarsissēmus exarsissētis exarsissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exardēsce exardēscite
future exardēscitō exardēscitō exardēscitōte exardēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives exardēscere exarsisse exarsūrum esse
participles exardēscēns exarsūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
exardēscendī exardēscendō exardēscendum exardēscendō exarsum exarsū

Related terms edit

References edit

  • exardesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exardesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exardesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be consumed with longing: desiderio exardescere
    • to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere
    • war breaks out: bellum oritur, exardescit