incendo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From in- (“in”) + *cendō < candeō.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈken.doː/, [ɪŋˈkɛn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃen.do/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛn̪d̪o]
Verb edit
incendō (present infinitive incendere, perfect active incendī, supine incēnsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to set on fire, burn, kindle
- (transitive) to heat, make hot, scorch
- (transitive) to light up with fire, make a fire upon
- (transitive) to make bright or shining, light up, brighten; adorn
- (transitive, figuratively) to set on fire, inflame, excite, rouse, incite; incense, irritate
- Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, urgeō, impellō, īnflammō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, sollicitō, ērigō
- Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, restinguō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
- (transitive, figuratively) to enhance, raise, intensify
- (transitive, figuratively) to ruin, destroy, lay waste
Conjugation edit
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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References edit
- “incendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
- to make some one enthusiastic for a thing: studio alicuius rei aliquem incendere
- to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
- to fire a town: oppidum incendere
- to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 106-7