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|lshtext=<b>incendo</b>: di, [[sum]], 3 (archaic form of the<br /><b>I</b> perf. subj. incensit = incenderit, [[sicut]] incepsit = inceperit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 107 Müll.), v. a. in-[[candeo]]; cf.: [[accendo]] and [[succendo]], to [[set]] [[fire]] to, to [[kindle]], [[burn]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn. inflammare).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: cupas taedā ac pice refertas incendunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2: tus et odores, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 77; cf. odores, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: lychnos, Verg. A. 1, 727: oppida sua omnia, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 2: aedificia vicosque, id. ib. 6, 6, 1: [[tabularium]], Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: [[Capitolium]], Sall. C. 47, 2: naves omnes, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3: [[tamquam]] [[ipse]] suas incenderit [[aedes]], Juv. 3, 222: classem inflammari incendique jussit, id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91: urbem, id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 9, 9, 6: [[quod]] [[primo]] incendendum [[Avaricum]] censuerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 3, 2: agros, Verg. G. 1, 84: [[vepres]], id. ib. 1, 271: cum [[ipse]] [[circumsessus]] [[paene]] incenderere, wast consumed, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 85.—Absol.: nec incendit [[nisi]] [[ignis]], Quint. 6, 2, 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[light]] up [[with]] [[fire]], to [[make]] a [[fire]] [[upon]]: aras votis, i. e. in [[pursuance]] of vows, Verg. A. 3, 279: [[altaria]], id. ib. 8, 285.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[heat]], [[make]] [[hot]]: diem, Luc. 4, 68: igne et tenuibus lignis fornacem incendemus, [[will]] [[heat]], [[warm]], Col. 12, 19, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[make]] [[bright]] or [[shining]], to [[brighten]], [[illumine]]: ejusdem (solis) incensa radiis [[luna]], Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; Ov. P. 2, 1, 41: [[maculosus]] et [[auro]] Squamam incendebat [[fulgor]], Verg. A. 5, 88: vivis digitos incendere gemmis, to [[make]] [[brilliant]], i. e. to [[adorn]], Stat. S. 2, 1, 134.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[kindle]], [[inflame]], [[set]] on [[fire]]; to [[fire]], [[rouse]], [[incite]], [[excite]]; to [[irritate]], [[incense]] (esp. freq. in [[pass]].): ut mihi non [[solum]] tu incendere judicem, sed [[ipse]] ardere videaris, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188: iidem hominem perustum [[etiamnum]] [[gloria]] volunt incendere, id. Fam. 13, 15, 2: me ita vel cepit vel incendit, ut cuperem, etc., id. ib. 5, 12, 1: aliquem morando, Sall. J. 25, 10: (aliquem) querelis, Verg. A. 4, 360: in [[minime]] gratum [[spectaculum]] [[animo]] incenduntur, Liv. 1, 25, 2: Tyndariden incendit [[amor]], Val. Fl. 6, 207: plebem largiundo [[atque]] pollicitando, Sall. C. 38, 1: juventutem ad facinora, id. ib. 13, 4: bonorum animos, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1: animum cupidum inopiā, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126: cupiditatem alicujus, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 1: odia improborum in nos, id. Att. 9, 1, 3: tum [[pudor]] incendit [[vires]] et conscia [[virtus]], inflames, Verg. A. 5, 455: illam incendentem [[luctus]], id. ib. 9, 500: clamore incendunt [[caelum]], [[set]] on [[fire]] [[with]], i. e. [[fill]] [[with]], id. ib. 10, 895: regiam [[repentino]] luctu, Just. 38, 8 fin.: rabie jecur incendente feruntur Praecipites, Juv. 7, 648: quibus incendi jam [[frigidus]], aevo Laomedontiades possit, id. 6, 325.—In [[pass]].: [[nimis]] sermone hujus irā incendor, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; id. As. 2, 4, 14; cf.: incendor irā, esse ausam facere haec te injussu meo, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 47: hisce ego illam dictis ita [[tibi]] incensam dabo, ut, etc., id. Phorm. 5, 7, 81: amore [[sum]] [[incensus]], Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18: ([[mulier]]) incensa [[odio]] pristino, id. Clu. 64, 181: incendor [[quotidie]] [[magis]] non desiderio [[solum]] sed [[etiam]] incredibili [[fama]] virtutum admirabilium, id. Or. 10, 33: [[incensus]] [[studio]], id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48: [[iratus]] [[iste]] [[vehementer]] Sthenio et [[incensus]] [[hospitium]] renuntiat, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: omnes incenduntur ad studia gloriā, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 19, 44: [[imperator]] [[incensus]] ad rem publicam [[bene]] gerendam, id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: [[Caesar]] ab eo (Crasso) in me esset [[incensus]], id. Fam. 1, 9, 9: nulla [[mens]] est tam ad comprehendendam vim oratoris parata, quae possit incendi, [[nisi]] inflammatus [[ipse]] ad eam et [[ardens]] accesseris, id. de Or. 2, 45, 190 fin.: inimicitiis incensa [[contentio]], id. Opt. Gen. Or. 7, 22: [[incensus]] calcaribus [[equus]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 5.—Absol.: loquarne? incendam; taceam? instigem, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 9: dumque petit petitur pariterque incendit et ardet, Ov. M. 3, 425.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[enhance]], [[raise]]: annonam (the [[price]] of [[corn]]), to [[produce]] a [[dearness]] or [[scarcity]] ([[shortly]] [[before]]: excandefaciebant), Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16 (cf. [[incendium]], II. A.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[destroy]], [[ruin]], [[lay]] [[waste]]: si [[istuc]] conare ... tuum incendes [[genus]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 49: campos, Stat. Th. 1, 631. — Hence, [[incensus]], a, um, P. a., inflamed, [[burning]], [[hot]]: profuit incensos [[aestus]] avertere ( = vehementissimos ardores [[febris]]), Verg. G. 3, 469 Forbig. ad loc.— In comp.: [[aether]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 201.