- ardesco
- ardesco, arsi, 3, v. inch. [ardeo], to take fire, to kindle, to be inflamed (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; while exardesco is very freq.), lit. and trop.I.Lit.:II.
ut omnia motu Percalefacta vides ardescere,
Lucr. 6, 178:ardescunt caelestia templa,
id. 6, 670:ne longus ardesceret axis,
Ov. M. 1, 255; Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—Trop., to gleam, glitter.A.Of rays of light:B.fulmineis ardescunt ignibus undae,
Ov. M. 11, 523.—Of the gleaming of a sword:C.pugionem in mucronem ardescere jussit,
Tac. A. 15, 54.—Most freq. of the passions, to be inflamed, become more intense, increase in violence:ardescere dirā cuppedine,
Lucr. 4, 1090; so id. 5, 897:in iras,
Ov. M. 5, 41 (cf. Verg. A. 7, 445: exarsit in iras, and Luc. 3, 134:accensus in iram): in nuptias incestas,
Tac. A. 11, 25:ardescit tuendo,
Verg. A. 1, 713:stimulo ardescit,
Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:quibus haec rabies auctoribus arsit,
Luc. 5, 359.—So, absol.:fremitus ardescit equorum,
Verg. A. 11, 607:ardescente pugnā,
Tac. H. 5, 18: in labiis ejus ignis ardescit, * Vulg. Prov. 16, 27.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.