candefacio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kan.deˈfa.ki.oː/, [kän̪d̪ɛˈfäkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kan.deˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [kän̪d̪eˈfäːt͡ʃio]
Verb
[edit]candefaciō (present infinitive candefacere, perfect active candefēcī, supine candefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- to make (dazzlingly) white
- to make glowing, make red hot
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “candefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- candefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.