to produce a dearness

incendo, di, sum, 3 (archaic form of the 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).

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.—

Transf.

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.—

To heat, make hot:

diem,

Luc. 4, 68:

igne et tenuibus lignis fornacem incendemus,

will heat, warm, Col. 12, 19, 3.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.).—

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.

annōna, ae, f. [from annus, as pomona from pomum].

In gen., the yearly produce, the annual income of natural products, in the widest sense (cf.:

cibaria annua,

Cato, R. R. 60):

vectigal novum ex salariā annonā,

Liv. 29, 37:

lactis,

Col. 8, 17, 13:

musti,

id. 3, 21, 6; 3, 3, 10.—

Esp.

Means of subsistence, and, for the most part, corn or grain:

annona nisi in calamitate pretium non habet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98:

vilitas annonae ex summā inopiā et caritate rei frumentariae consecuta est,

id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

uberrimus ager ad varietates annonae horreum populi Romani fore videbatur,

Liv. 7, 31:

clausis annonae subsidiis,

Tac. H. 3, 48 fin.:

provincia annonae fecunda,

id. ib. 1, 11; cf. Suet. Aug. 18:

annonae curam agere,

id. Claud. 18; cf. id. Tib. 8:

praebebant annonam regi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 7; ib. 4 Reg. 25, 30; ib. Dan. 1, 5 al.—Sometimes contrasted with frumentum, as provisions in gen.: copia frumenti et annona tolerabilis rerum aliarum, a supply, Liv 35, 44.—

1.. Meton., the price of grain or other food:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 27 fin.:

annona est gravis,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 53; so Suet. Aug. 25:

incendere annonam,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16:

jam ad denarios quinquaginta in singulos modios annona pervenerat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52:

nihil mutavit annona,

Liv. 5, 12 (cf. id. 2, 34:

annona vetus): annona acris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

gravitas annonae,

id. ib. 6, 13:

in annonae difficultatibus,

Suet. Aug. 41:

annona macelli,

id. Tib. 34.—

Trop., the prices, the market:

Qui homines probi essent, esset īs annona vilior,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 140:

Vilis amicorum est annona, bonis ubi quid deest,

cheap indeed is the market of friendship, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24:

his opibus numquam cara est annona veneni,

Juv. 9, 100.—Hence sometimes,

Dearness: cena hac annonā est sine sacris hereditas, at the present (i. e. high) market-price, at the present dear rate, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 83:

ob annonae causam,

Cic. Dom. 5.—

In milit. lang., provisions, supplies:

necessitas annonam pariter et arma portandi,

Veg. Mil. 1, 19:

annona decem et septem dierum,

Amm. 17, 9.—Hence, meton., the loaves of bread them selves, rations (in this sense only in the plur.): ceteri annonas binas aut ternas accipiebant, [p. 126] Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42; cf. Cod. Th. 7,5.—

Personified, the goddess of the yearly produce:

ANNONAE SANCTAE AELIVS VITALIO, etc.,

Inscr. Orell. 1810.