suc-cendo

suc-cendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [sub-candeo; v. accendo], to kindle or set on fire from below (syn. inflammo).

Lit. (class.):

(sapiens) etiamsi in Phalaridis tauro inclusus succensis ignibus torreatur,

Cic. Pis. 18, 42:

aggerem cuniculo hostes succenderant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24:

arma cumulata in ingentem acervum ipse imperator face subditā succendit,

Liv. 45, 33; cf. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 15, 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

rogum,

Liv. 28, 23:

pontem,

id. 1, 37:

pinus duabus manibus,

Ov. M. 5, 442:

urbem suis manibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

aër fulminibus succenditur,

Luc. 2, 269; 2, 413:

aras,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 790.—

Transf., to inflame, redden:

illi rubor igneus ora Succendit,

Luc. 9, 792:

purpura infecit niveos vultus per liquidas succensa genas,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 274.—

Trop., to kindle, inflame with passion, etc. (only poet.; cf.

succenseo): succendit Castora Phoebe,

Prop. 1, 2, 15:

Deucalion Pyrrhae succensus amore,

Ov. H. 15, 167:

altera succensa cupidine,

id. M. 8, 74:

patriā succensa senectā (i. e. amore patris senis),

Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 15:

(furorem) succendunt classica cantu,

Luc. 6, 166; cf.:

in bella succensi mero,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 779:

succensas agit libido mentes,

id. Hippol. 541:

succensi irā,

Sil. 1, 169:

luctu succensus,

Val. Fl. 3, 585:

dulcedine famae succensus,

Juv. 7, 40:

mens facibus pudoris,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 221.