candesco

Latin

Etymology

From candeō (“to shine”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

candēscō (present infinitive candēscere, perfect active canduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to brighten, grow brighter
  2. to radiate
  3. to become red hot

Conjugation
   Conjugation of candēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present candēscō candēscis candēscit candēscimus candēscitis candēscunt
imperfect candēscēbam candēscēbās candēscēbat candēscēbāmus candēscēbātis candēscēbant
future candēscam candēscēs candēscet candēscēmus candēscētis candēscent
perfect canduī canduistī canduit canduimus canduistis canduērunt,
canduēre
pluperfect candueram canduerās canduerat canduerāmus canduerātis canduerant
future perfect canduerō candueris canduerit canduerimus candueritis canduerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present candēscam candēscās candēscat candēscāmus candēscātis candēscant
imperfect candēscerem candēscerēs candēsceret candēscerēmus candēscerētis candēscerent
perfect canduerim canduerīs canduerit canduerīmus canduerītis canduerint
pluperfect canduissem canduissēs canduisset canduissēmus canduissētis canduissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — candēsce — — candēscite —
future — candēscitō candēscitō — candēscitōte candēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives candēscere canduisse — — — —
participles candēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
candēscendī candēscendō candēscendum candēscendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • From Late Latin excandesco, excandire :
    • Old Francoprovençal: eschandir, eschandre
      • Franco-Provençal: êchandir
        • Monts-du-Lyonnais Francoprovençal: êchandre
    • Old French: eschandir
      • French: échandir (dialectal)

References
  • “candesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “candesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • candesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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