succendo Latin · revision 10072

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *kend-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊkˈkɛn.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sutˈt͡ʃɛn.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''succendō''' (present infinitive succendere, perfect active succendī, supine succēnsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|sub-]] and ⟨*candō⟩ “to set alight”, seen also in [[incendō]] and [[accendō]], related to [[candeō]] “to glow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨candeō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*kand-ē-|t=to shine]], cognate with [[cy|cann|t=brilliant]] and [[sa|चन्द्र|tr=candrá-|t=brilliant]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Lucretius, of setting fire from below.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to set fire to something from below, kindle, set alight, as in Lucretius, and to heat from below; to light up or redden with a fiery glow, as in Seneca; and in Virgil to inflame with passion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to set on fire, burn, kindle.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of passion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a fiery glow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set fire to (from below), [[m|en|kindle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To light up, redden.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|inflame]] (with passion).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[succēnsiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[incendō]]

+ * [[accendō]]

+ * [[candeō]]

+ * [[candidus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give ''īnflammō'' as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}