candesco

Latin

Etymology

From candeō (“to shine”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈdeːs.koː/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈdes.ko/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

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

• excandēscō
• incandēscō

 

Related terms

• candefaciō
• candēla
• candēns
• candentia
• candeō
• candicō
• candidō
• candidus
• candificō
• candor

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.