Latin

Verb

īnflammō ‎(present infinitive īnflammāre, perfect active īnflammāvī, supine īnflammātum); first conjugation

1. I ignite, inflame.
2. I excite.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (ignite): incendō

Derived terms

• īnflammanter
• īnflammātiō
• īnflammātus

Related terms

• flammō

Descendants

• French: enflammer
• Spanish: inflamar
• Portuguese: inflamar

References

• inflammo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inflammo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inflammo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set fire to a city: inflammare urbem
    
  • to kindle ambition in some one's mind: aliquem cupiditate honorum inflammare (or aliquem ad cupiditatem honorum inflammare)
    
  • to make an impression on one's audience: animos audientium permovere, inflammare
    
  • to kindle hatred in a person's heart; to fill some one with hatred (not implere, vid. sect. IX. 2, note gaudio...): odium alicuius inflammare
    
  • to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
    
  • to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: aliquem cupiditate inflammare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with a passionate hatred: odio inflammatum, accensum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with desire of a thing: cupiditate alicuius rei accensum, inflammatum esse