candeo

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *kandēō (earlier *kandējō), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend- (“to shine, glow”).

    Cognate with Welsh cann (“brilliant”), Albanian hënë (“moon”), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “shining”),[1] as well as perhaps Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”), English kindle, and Old Armenian խանդ (xand).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    1. to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white
      Synonyms: ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō
    2. to glow (with heat), to be glowing hot, to be hot
      Synonym: caleō

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of candeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
    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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present candēre — candēns —
    perfect canduisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    candendī candendō candendum candendō — —

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: candire, ⇒ candeggiare

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “candeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87

    Further reading

    • “candeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “candeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “candeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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