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ĭn-ardesco , arsi, 3,
I.v. inch.n., to kindle, take fire, burn, glow (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “nubes Solis inardescit radiis,” Verg. A. 8, 623: “arbusculae in igne ut ferrum inardescentes,” Plin. 13, 25, 51, § 140: “nec munus (i. e. vestis) umeris Herculis Inarsit aestuosius,” Hor. Epod. 3, 18: “inardescunt genae,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 251. —
II. Trop.: “affectus omnis languescat necesse est, nisi voce, vultu, totius prope habitu corporis inardescat,” Quint. 11, 3, 2: “cupidine vindictae inardescere,” Tac. A. 6, 32: “ut vidit juvenem, specie praesentis inarsit,” Ov. M. 7, 83.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.83
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.623
    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.32
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 251
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.2
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