exardesco

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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

  1. to flare or blaze up
  2. to glow
  3. (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.)
  4. to be provoked
  5. 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