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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + *cendō < candeō.
Pronunciation
Verb
incendō (present infinitive incendere, perfect active incendī, supine incēnsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to set on fire, burn, kindle
- Synonyms: ūrō, īnflammō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, accendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō
c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE,
Virgil,
Georgics 4.264:
- hic iam galbaneos suadebo incendere odores
- Then I would urge you to burn fragrant resin of galbanum
- (transitive) to heat, make hot, scorch
- (transitive) to light up with fire, make a fire upon
- (transitive) to make bright or shining, light up, brighten; adorn
- Synonyms: lūstrō, clārō
- (transitive, figuratively) to set on fire, inflame, excite, rouse, incite; incense, irritate
- Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, urgeō, impellō, īnflammō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, sollicitō, ērigō
- Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, restinguō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.196–197:
- Prōtinus ad rēgem cursus dētorquet Iarbān,
incenditque animum dictīs atque aggerat īrās.- At once turns her course to King Iarbas, and she inflames his passion with her tales and swells his wrath.
- (transitive, figuratively) to enhance, raise, intensify
- Synonyms: ērigō, augeō
- (transitive, figuratively) to ruin, destroy, lay waste
- Synonyms: ruīnō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, aboleō, occīdō, prōflīgō, dēstruō, exscindō, impellō, accīdō, tollō, dīruō, sepeliō, populor, interimō, perimō, trucīdō
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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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, 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
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 106-7