incendo
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + *cendō < candeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈken.doː/, [ɪŋˈkɛn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃen.do/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
incendō (present infinitive incendere, perfect active incendī, supine incēnsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I set on fire, burn, kindle.
- (transitive) I heat, make hot, scorch.
- (transitive) I light up with fire, make a fire upon.
- (transitive) I make bright or shining, light up, brighten; adorn.
- (transitive, figuratively) I set on fire, excite, rouse, incite; incense, irritate.
- (transitive, figuratively) I enhance, raise, intensify.
- (transitive, figuratively) I ruin, destroy, lay waste.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (set on fire): īnflammō
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: encender
- Catalan: encendre
- English: incense, incendiary
- Italian: incendere, incendiare
- Occitan: encénder, encendre
References
- “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