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Latin
Etymology
From ignis + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
ignēscō (present infinitive ignēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to begin to burn; kindle, catch fire
- to become inflamed (with passion)
Conjugation
References
- “ignesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignesco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ignesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.