ex-ardesco

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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.

Lit.:

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.

Of rays of light:

fulmineis ardescunt ignibus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 523.—

Of the gleaming of a sword:

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.

ardĕo, rsi, rsum, 2, v.n. ( perf. subj. ARDVERINT, Inscr. Fratr. Arval., of the time of the emperor Alexander Severus, in Inscr. Orell. 961) [cf. Sanscr. ghar = to shine. Sonne foll. by Curt.], to take fire, to kindle; hence,

Lit., to be on fire, to burn, blaze (syn.:

ardesco, exardeo, flagro, incendor, uror): Nam multis succensa locis ardent sola terrae,

for the soil is on fire in different places, Lucr. 2, 592:

tecta ardentia,

id. 3, 1064: Ultimus ardebit, quem etc., i. e. His home will burn last, whom etc., Juv. 3, 201:

ardente domo,

Tac. A. 15, 50 fin.:

radii ardentes,

Lucr. 6, 618: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

vis ardens fulminis,

Lucr. 6, 145:

Praeneste ardentes lapides caelo decidisse,

Liv. 22, 1:

rogum parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus,

Ov. M. 2, 620; 2, 245; 14, 747:

arsurae comae,

Verg. A. 11, 77:

videbat quod rubus arderet,

Vulg. Exod. 3, 2; ib. Deut. 5, 23; ib. Joan. 15, 6.—

Trop.

Of the eyes, to flash, glow, sparkle, shine (syn.:

fulgeo, inardesco, mico): ardent oculi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 62; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66; 2, 5, 62; cf.:

oculi ejus (erant) ut lampas ardens,

Vulg. Dan. 10, 6.—

Poet., transf. to color, to sparkle, glisten, glitter, dazzle:

Tyrio ardebat murice laena,

Verg. A. 4, 262:

campi armis sublimibus ardent,

id. ib. 11, 602. —

In gen., of any passionate emotion [p. 156] or excitement, to burn, glow, be inflamed, usu. with abl. (dolore, irā, studio, invidiā, etc.), but often without an abl.; to be strongly affected, esp. with love; to be inflamed, burn, glow, to blaze, be on fire, be consumed, etc. (syn.: ardesco, exardeo, furo).

With abl.:

quippe patentia cum totiens ardentia morbis Lumina versarent oculorum, expertia somno,

they rolled around the open eyeballs glowing with heat, Lucr. 6, 1180:

In fluvios partim gelidos ardentia morbo Membra dabant,

their limbs burning with the heat of fever, id. 6, 1172:

ardere flagitio,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 1:

amore,

Ter. Eun. 1. 1, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47:

iracundiā,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12:

curā,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

dolore et irā,

Cic. Att. 2, 19:

cupiditate,

id. Pis. 24:

studio et amore,

id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2:

desiderio,

id. Mil. 15; id. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

podagrae doloribus,

to be tormented with, id. Fin. 5, 31, 94:

furore,

Liv. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

cum arderet Syria bello,

Cic. Att. 5, 6; id. Fam. 4, 1; Liv. 28, 24 fin. al.—

Without an abl.:

ipse ardere videris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188 (incensus esse, B. and K.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 145:

omnium animi ad ulciscendum ardebant,

were fired, eager, Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

Ardet,

Ov. M. 6, 609:

ultro implacabilis ardet,

Verg. A. 12, 3:

ardet in arma,

id. ib. 12, 71; so,

in caedem,

Tac. H. 1, 43.— Poet. with inf. as object (cf. infra), to desire ardently to do a thing:

ruere ardet utroque,

Ov. M. 5, 166:

Ardet abire fugā dulcīsque relinquere terras,

Verg. A. 4, 281; 11, 895; Val. Fl. 6, 45.—Esp., to burn with love (syn. uror):

ex aequo captis ardebant mentibus ambo,

Ov. M. 4, 62:

deus arsit in illā,

id. ib. 8, 50 (cf.:

laborantes in uno Penelopen vitreamque Circen,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 19):

arsit Virgine raptā,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 6; and with acc. of the object loved (as supra, in constr. with the inf.): formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin, Corydon had a burning passion for, etc., Verg. E. 2, 1:

comptos arsit adulteri Crines,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 13:

delphini pueros miris et humanis modis arserunt,

Gell. 6, 8; cf. Arusian. Mess. p. 209 Lind.

arsus, roasted, Plin. Val. 2, 9.— ardens, entis, P. a., prop. on fire, burning; hence, glowing, fiery, ardent, hot, etc., lit. and trop.

Lit.: sol ardentissimus, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3:

ardentissimum tempus,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123:

Austri ardentes,

id. 12, 19, 42, § 93:

quinta (zona) est ardentior illis,

hotter, Ov. M. 1, 46:

ardens Africa,

Luc. 9, 729.—

Trop.

Of the eyes:

oculi,

glowing, Verg. G. 4, 451.—

Of color:

ardentissimus color,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16:

apes ardentes auro,

glowing, glittering as with gold, Verg. G. 4, 99; so id. A. 10, 262.—

Of wounds, burning, smarting:

ardenti morsu premere dolorem,

with burning bite, Lucr. 3, 663.—

Of wine, strong, fiery:

ardentis Falerni Pocula,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 19; cf. Mart. 9, 7, 45.—

Of passion or strong feeling, burning, glowing, eager, impatient, ardent:

avaritia ardens,

Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36:

mortem ardentiore studio petere,

id. ib. 2, 19, 61:

ardentes in eum litteras ad me misit,

id. Att. 14, 10 fin.:

ardentissimus dux,

Flor. 4, 2, 42; 1, 8, 2:

ardentissimus amor,

Vulg. 3, Reg. 11, 2:

studia,

Ov. M. 1, 199:

Nonne cor nostrum ardens erat in nobis,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

furor,

ib. Isa. 30, 27:

miserere ardentis (sc. amore),

Ov. M. 14, 691.— Poet. with gen.:

ardens caedis,

Stat. Th. 1, 662.—In Cic. freq. of passionate, excited discourse:

nec umquam is qui audiret, incenderetur, nisi ardens ad eum perveniret oratio,

Cic. Or. 38, 132:

verbum,

id. ib. 8, 27 (cf. id. Brut. 24 fin.):

nisi ipse (orator) inflammatus ad eam (mentem) et ardens accesserit,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

orator gravis, acer, ardens,

id. Or. 28, 99 al. — Adv. ardenter, only trop., in a burning, fiery, eager, passionate manner, ardently, eagerly, passionately:

ardenter aliquid cupere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

ardentius sitire,

to have a more burning thirst, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

ardentius diligere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7, id. Pan. 85, 7:

ardentius amare,

Suet. Calig. 25.— Sup.:

ardentissime diligere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3; Suet. Dom. 22.

ex-ardesco, arsi, arsum, 3, v. inch. n., qs. to blaze out, i. e. to kindle, take fire (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense and in Cic.; cf.: ardeo, ferveo, caleo, flagro, candeo, uro, etc., incendor, inflammor, etc.).

Lit.:

nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.:

sulphur exardescens,

Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.—

Transf., of the sun's heat:

exarsit dies,

Mart. 3, 67, 6.—And of a fiery color:

fulgor carbunculi exardescens,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94.—

Trop., to be kindled, inflamed, to break out (in a good and bad sense).

Of personal subjects:

exarsit iracundia ac stomacho,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20; cf. id. de Or. 3, 1, 4: (Induciomarus) multo gravius hoc dolore exarsit, * Caes. B. G. 5, 4, 5:

infestius Papirium exarsurum,

Liv. 8, 33; cf.

graviter,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

haud secus exarsit quam Circo taurus aperto,

Ov. M. 12, 102:

adeo exarserant animis,

Liv. 3, 30; so,

animis,

Tac. A. 1, 51 fin.:

libidinibus indomitis,

id. ib. 6, 1:

in omni genere amplificationis,

Cic. Or. 29, 102:

hodierno die ad spem libertatis exarsimus,

id. Phil. 4, 6 fin.:

ad cupiditatem libertatis recuperandae,

id. ib. 11, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 25:

ad bellum,

Liv. 41, 27, 3; Tac. A. 12, 38:

plebes ad id maxime indignatione exarsit,

Liv. 4, 6; cf.:

ad quod exarsit adeo, ut, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

milites in perniciosam seditionem exarsuri,

Liv. 40, 35, 7; cf.:

in iras,

Verg. A. 7, 445; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 32:

in proelium,

Tac. H. 1, 64.—Of the passion of love: in C. Silium ita exarserat (Messalina), Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Of impersonal and abstract subjects:

immane quantum animi exarsere,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 53 (p. 229 ed. Gerl.):

ex quo exardescit sive amor, sive amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 27, 100; cf.:

novum atque atrox proelium,

Liv. 27, 2:

admirabilis quaedam benevolentiae magnitudo,

Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

ira,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; cf.:

iracundia exercitus in eum,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

ambitio,

Liv. 3, 35; 35, 10:

violentia Turni,

Verg. A. 11, 376:

dolor Alcidae,

id. ib. 8, 220 et saep.:

injuria,

Cic. Lael. 21, 76:

bellum,

id. Lig. 1, 3; Liv. 40, 58; 41, 25; cf.:

certamina inter patres plebemque,

Tac. H. 2, 38:

seditio,

id. ib. 2, 27:

tanta ista importunitas inauditi sceleris,

Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

fames auri,

Plin. 33, 3, 14, § 48 et saep.:

tum propter multorum delicta etiam ad innocentium periculum tempus illud exarserat,

Cic. Sull. 6:

altercatio ex iracundia muliebri in contentionem animorum exarsit,

Liv. 10, 23; cf.:

studia in proelium,

Tac. H. 1, 64:

Corinthiorum vasorum pretia in immensum exarsisse,

i. e. had risen, Suet. Tib. 34; cf.:

quibus initiis in tantum admiratio haec exarserit,

Plin. 37 prooem. §

2: ira,

Vulg. Psa. 88, 45 al. (See also excandefacio and incendo.)

perf.: exarsus, a, um, burned up:

res vestras incendio exarsas esse,

Cod. Just. 9, 1, 11.

ĭn-ardesco, arsi, 3, v. inch.n., to kindle, take fire, burn, glow ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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. —

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.