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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + ardēscō (“I am inflamed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exardēscō (present infinitive exardēscere, perfect active exarsī, supine exarsum); third conjugation, no passive
- to flare or blaze up
- to glow
- (figuratively) to rage, blaze forth, burst forth, flare up, become fired, inflamed, excited
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.575–576:
- “Exārsēre ignēs animō; subit īra cadentem
ulcīscī patriam et scelerātās sūmere poenās.”- “Fires raged within my spirit; a wrathful impulse provokes me to avenge my dying homeland and to exact retribution for the wicked crimes .”
(Syncopation: exarser(unt); infinitives of purpose: ulcisci, sumere.)
- to be provoked
- to be exasperated
Conjugation
- The past passive participle exarsus does exist.
References
- “exardesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exardesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exardesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be consumed with longing: desiderio exardescere
- to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere
- war breaks out: bellum oritur, exardescit