candeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kandēō (earlier *kandējō), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to shine, glow”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”), Albanian hënë (“moon”), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “shining”) and Old Armenian խանդ (xand).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.de.oː/, [ˈkän̪d̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.de.o/, [ˈkän̪d̪eo]

Verb

candeō (present infinitive candēre, perfect active canduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white

   Synonyms: ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō

2. to glow (with heat), to be glowing hot, to be hot

   Synonym: caleō

Conjugation

Conjugation of candeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	candeō	candēs	candet	candēmus	candētis	candent
	imperfect	candēbam	candēbās	candēbat	candēbāmus	candēbātis	candēbant
	future	candēbō	candēbis	candēbit	candēbimus	candēbitis	candēbunt
	perfect	canduī	canduistī	canduit	canduimus	canduistis	canduērunt, canduēre
	pluperfect	candueram	canduerās	canduerat	canduerāmus	canduerātis	canduerant
	future perfect	canduerō	candueris	canduerit	canduerimus	candueritis	canduerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	candeam	candeās	candeat	candeāmus	candeātis	candeant
	imperfect	candērem	candērēs	candēret	candērēmus	candērētis	candērent
	perfect	canduerim	canduerīs	canduerit	canduerīmus	canduerītis	canduerint
	pluperfect	canduissem	canduissēs	canduisset	canduissēmus	canduissētis	canduissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	candē	—	—	candēte	—
	future	—	candētō	candētō	—	candētōte	candentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		candēre	canduisse	—	—	—	—
participles		candēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		candendī	candendō	candendum	candendō	—	—

Derived terms

• accendō
• candefaciō
• candicō
• candidus
• candificō
• candor
• candēla
• candēns
• candēscō
• incendō
• succendō

 

Related terms

• candentia
• candēlābrum
• candēlābrārius

 

Descendants

• Italian: candire, ⇒ candeggiare

References

• “candeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “candeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87