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Latin
Etymology
From in- + flammō (“blaze, burn”).
Pronunciation
Verb
īnflammō (present infinitive īnflammāre, perfect active īnflammāvī, supine īnflammātum); first conjugation
- to ignite, inflame
- Synonyms: ūrō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, incendō, accendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō
- to excite
- Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, urgeō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō
- Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
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References
- “inflammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inflammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inflammo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set fire to a city: inflammare urbem
- to kindle ambition in some one's mind: aliquem cupiditate honorum inflammare (or aliquem ad cupiditatem honorum inflammare)
- to make an impression on one's audience: animos audientium permovere, inflammare
- to kindle hatred in a person's heart; to fill some one with hatred (not implere, vid. sect. IX. 2, note gaudio...): odium alicuius inflammare
- to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
- to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: aliquem cupiditate inflammare
- (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
- (ambiguous) to be fired with a passionate hatred: odio inflammatum, accensum esse
- (ambiguous) to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
- (ambiguous) to be fired with desire of a thing: cupiditate alicuius rei accensum, inflammatum esse