Latin

Verb

incendō ‎(present infinitive incendere, perfect active incendī, supine incensum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) I set on fire, burn, kindle.
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.264

     hic iam galbaneos suadebo incendere odores

     Then I would urge you to burn fragrant resin of galbanum

2. (transitive) I heat, make hot, scorch.
3. (transitive) I light up with fire, make a fire upon.
4. (transitive) I make bright or shining, light up, brighten; adorn.
5. (transitive, figuratively) I set on fire, excite, rouse, incite; incense, irritate.
6. (transitive, figuratively) I enhance, raise, intensify.
7. (transitive, figuratively) I ruin, destroy, lay waste.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (set on fire): īnflammō

Derived terms

Related terms

• incendiālis
• incendiārius
• incendiōsus

Descendants

References

• incendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
    
  • to make some one enthusiastic for a thing: studio alicuius rei aliquem incendere
    
  • to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
    
  • to fire a town: oppidum incendere