accendo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: ac‧cèn‧do

Verb

accendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of accendere

Anagrams

• conceda

Latin

Etymology

ad- (“to”) +‎ candeō (“I am brilliant, glittering or illuminated; I shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white; I glow (with heat), I am glowing hot, I am hot”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /akˈken.doː/, [äkˈkɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃen.do/, [ätˈt͡ʃɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

accendō (present infinitive accendere, perfect active accendī, supine accēnsum); third conjugation

1. to kindle or light (a fire)

   Synonyms: ūrō, īnflammō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, incendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō

2. to inflame or arouse

   Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, cieō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, sollicitō, ērigō, incendō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō, restinguō

Conjugation

Conjugation of accendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accendō	accendis	accendit	accendimus	accenditis	accendunt
	imperfect	accendēbam	accendēbās	accendēbat	accendēbāmus	accendēbātis	accendēbant
	future	accendam	accendēs	accendet	accendēmus	accendētis	accendent
	perfect	accendī	accendistī	accendit	accendimus	accendistis	accendērunt, accendēre
	pluperfect	accenderam	accenderās	accenderat	accenderāmus	accenderātis	accenderant
	future perfect	accenderō	accenderis	accenderit	accenderimus	accenderitis	accenderint
passive	present	accendor	accenderis, accendere	accenditur	accendimur	accendiminī	accenduntur
	imperfect	accendēbar	accendēbāris, accendēbāre	accendēbātur	accendēbāmur	accendēbāminī	accendēbantur
	future	accendar	accendēris, accendēre	accendētur	accendēmur	accendēminī	accendentur
	perfect	accēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	accēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	accēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accendam	accendās	accendat	accendāmus	accendātis	accendant
	imperfect	accenderem	accenderēs	accenderet	accenderēmus	accenderētis	accenderent
	perfect	accenderim	accenderīs	accenderit	accenderīmus	accenderītis	accenderint
	pluperfect	accendissem	accendissēs	accendisset	accendissēmus	accendissētis	accendissent
passive	present	accendar	accendāris, accendāre	accendātur	accendāmur	accendāminī	accendantur
	imperfect	accenderer	accenderēris, accenderēre	accenderētur	accenderēmur	accenderēminī	accenderentur
	perfect	accēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	accēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	accende	—	—	accendite	—
	future	—	accenditō	accenditō	—	accenditōte	accenduntō
passive	present	—	accendere	—	—	accendiminī	—
	future	—	accenditor	accenditor	—	—	accenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		accendere	accendisse	accēnsūrum esse	accendī	accēnsum esse	accēnsum īrī
participles		accendēns	—	accēnsūrus	—	accēnsus	accendendus, accendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		accendendī	accendendō	accendendum	accendendō	accēnsum	accēnsū

Derived terms

• accēnsus
• accēnsibilis
• accēnsiō

Descendants

• Italian: accendere
• Old Galician-Portuguese: acender
  • Galician: acender
  • Portuguese: acender
• Sardinian: acchendere
• Spanish: acender
• Borrowings:
  • → Ido: acendar

References

• “accendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to light, make a fire: ignem facere, accendere
    
  • to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
    
  • to fire with courage: animos militum accendere
    
  • to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: cupiditatem alicuius accendere