exardesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ex- + ardēscō (“I am inflamed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.sarˈdeːs.koː/, [ɛks̠ärˈd̪eːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.sarˈdes.ko/, [eɡzärˈd̪ɛsko]
Verb edit
exardēscō (present infinitive exardēscere, perfect active exarsī, supine exarsum); third conjugation, no passive
- to flare or blaze up
- to glow
- (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.)
- “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].”
- “Exārsēre ignēs animō; subit īra cadentem
- to be provoked
- to be exasperated
Conjugation edit
- The past passive participle exarsus does exist.
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
- to be consumed with longing: desiderio exardescere