candeo

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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

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

Related terms

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
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