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candeo

candeo

Latin

Verb

candeō ‎(present infinitive candēre, perfect active canduī); second conjugation, no passive

  1. I am brilliant, glittering or illuminated; I shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white.
  2. I glow (with heat), I am glowing hot, I am hot.

Inflection

   Conjugation of candeo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present candeō candēs candet candēmus candētis candent
imperfect candēbam candēbās candēbat candēbāmus candēbātis candēbant
future candēbō candēbis candēbit candēbimus candēbitis candēbunt
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 candeam candeās candeat candeāmus candeātis candeant
imperfect candērem candērēs candēret candērēmus candērētis candērent
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 — candē — — candēte —
future — candētō candētō — candētōte candentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives candēre canduisse — — — —
participles candēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
candēre candendī candendō candendum — —

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European *kand- ‎(“to shine, glow”).

See also Ancient Greek κάνδαρος ‎(kándaros, “charcoal”), Sanskrit चन्द्र ‎(candrá, “shining”) and Old Armenian խանդ ‎(xand).

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