candesco
Latin > English
candesco candescere, candui, - V :: grow/become light/bright white; begin to glisten/radiate; become (red) hot
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
candesco: ui, 3,
I v. inch. n. candeo, to become of a bright, glittering white, to begin to glisten or radiate (rare; mostly poet.): ut solet aër candescere solis ab ortu, Ov. M. 6, 49; Tib. 1, 10, 43.—
II To begin to glow, to grow red hot: ferrum candescit in igni, Lucr. 1, 491; Ov. M. 2, 230; Vitr. 7, 9 fin; cf. candeo fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
candēscō,¹⁴ dŭī, ĕre (candeo), intr., blanchir, devenir d’un blanc éclatant : Ov. M. 6, 49 || se chauffer à blanc, s’embraser : Lucr. 1, 490 ; Ov. M. 2, 230.
Latin > German (Georges)
candēsco, duī, ere (Inchoat. v. candeo), weiß erglänzen, weiß zu schimmern-, zu strahlen beginnen, I) im allg.: ut solet aër purpureus fieri, cum primum aurora movetur, et breve post tempus candescere solis ab ortu, Ov. met. 6, 47 sqq.: liceat caput candescere canis, Tibull. 1, 10, 43. – II) insbes., durch Hitze, hell zu glühen beginnen, glühend werden, ferrum candescit in igni, Lucr. 1, 490: donec lamna candescat, Vitr. 7, 9, 5: tum primum siccis aër fervoribus ustus canduit, Ov. met. 1, 119 sq. – übtr., von Leidenschaft erglühen, im Perf. = erglüht od. entbrannt sein, glühen, brennen, felle, Claud. Mall. Theod. cons. 226: irā, Claud. laud. Stil. 2, 82.