ardĕo, rsi, rsum, 2, v.n. (perf. subj. ARDVERINT, Inscr. Fratr. Arval., of the time of the emperor Alexander Severus, in Inscr. Orell. 961) [cf. Sanscr. ghar = to shine. Sonne foll. by Curt.], to take fire, to kindle; hence,
I Lit., to be on fire , to burn , blaze (syn.: ardesco, exardeo, flagro, incendor, uror): Nam multis succensa locis ardent sola terrae, for the soil is on fire in different places , Lucr. 2, 592: tecta ardentia, id. 3, 1064: Ultimus ardebit, quem etc., i. e. His home will burn last , whom etc., Juv. 3, 201: ardente domo, Tac. A. 15, 50 fin. : radii ardentes, Lucr. 6, 618: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.): caput arsisse Servio Tullio dormienti, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121: vis ardens fulminis, Lucr. 6, 145: Praeneste ardentes lapides caelo decidisse, Liv. 22, 1: rogum parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, Ov. M. 2, 620; 2, 245; 14, 747: arsurae comae, Verg. A. 11, 77: videbat quod rubus arderet, Vulg. Exod. 3, 2; ib. Deut. 5, 23; ib. Joan. 15, 6.—
II Trop.
A Of the eyes, to flash , glow , sparkle , shine (syn.: fulgeo, inardesco, mico): ardent oculi, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 62; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66; 2, 5, 62; cf.: oculi ejus (erant) ut lampas ardens, Vulg. Dan. 10, 6.—
B Poet., transf. to color, to sparkle , glisten , glitter , dazzle : Tyrio ardebat murice laena, Verg. A. 4, 262: campi armis sublimibus ardent, id. ib. 11, 602. —
C In gen., of any passionate emotion or excitement, to burn , glow , be inflamed , usu. with abl. (dolore, irā, studio, invidiā, etc.), but often without an abl.; to be strongly affected , esp. with love; to be inflamed , burn , glow , to blaze , be on fire , be consumed , etc. (syn.: ardesco, exardeo, furo).
α With abl.: quippe patentia cum totiens ardentia morbis Lumina versarent oculorum, expertia somno, they rolled around the open eyeballs glowing with heat , Lucr. 6, 1180: In fluvios partim gelidos ardentia morbo Membra dabant, their limbs burning with the heat of fever , id. 6, 1172: ardere flagitio, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 1: amore, Ter. Eun. 72; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, 116: iracundiā, Ter. Ad. 310: curā, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9: dolore et irā, Cic. Att. 2, 19: cupiditate, id. Pis. 24: studio et amore, id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2: desiderio, id. Mil. 15; id. Tusc. 4, 17, 37: podagrae doloribus, to be tormented with , id. Fin. 5, 31, 94: furore, Liv. 2, 29 fin. et saep.: cum arderet Syria bello, Cic. Att. 5, 6; id. Fam. 4, 1; Liv. 28, 24 fin. al.—
β Without an abl.: ipse ardere videris, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188 (incensus esse , B. and K.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 145: omnium animi ad ulciscendum ardebant, were fired , eager , Caes. B. G. 6, 34: Ardet, Ov. M. 6, 609: ultro implacabilis ardet, Verg. A. 12, 3: ardet in arma, id. ib. 12, 71; so, in caedem, Tac. H. 1, 43.—Poet. with inf. as object (cf. infra), to desire ardently to do a thing : ruere ardet utroque, Ov. M. 5, 166: Ardet abire fugā dulcīsque relinquere terras, Verg. A. 4, 281; 11, 895; Val. Fl. 6, 45.—Esp., to burn with love (syn. uror): ex aequo captis ardebant mentibus ambo, Ov. M. 4, 62: deus arsit in illā, id. ib. 8, 50 (cf.: laborantes in uno Penelopen vitreamque Circen, Hor. C. 1, 17, 19): arsit Virgine raptā, Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 6; and with acc. of the object loved (as supra, in constr. with the inf.): formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin, Corydon had a burning passion for , etc., Verg. E. 2, 1: comptos arsit adulteri Crines, Hor. C. 4, 9, 13: delphini pueros miris et humanis modis arserunt, Gell. 6, 8; cf. Arusian. Mess. p. 209 Lind. ☞ * Pass. arsus, roasted , Plin. Val. 2, 9.— ardens , entis, P. a., prop. on fire , burning; hence, glowing , fiery , ardent , hot , etc., lit. and trop.
A Lit.: sol ardentissimus, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3: ardentissimum tempus, Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123: Austri ardentes, id. 12, 19, 42, § 93: quinta (zona) est ardentior illis, hotter , Ov. M. 1, 46: ardens Africa, Luc. 9, 729.—
B Trop.
1 Of the eyes: oculi, glowing , Verg. G. 4, 451.—
2 Of color: ardentissimus color, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16: apes ardentes auro, glowing , glittering as with gold , Verg. G. 4, 99; so id. A. 10, 262.—
3 Of wounds, burning , smarting : ardenti morsu premere dolorem, with burning bite , Lucr. 3, 663.—
4 Of wine, strong , fiery : ardentis Falerni Pocula, Hor. C. 2, 11, 19; cf. Mart. 9, 7, 45.—
5 Of passion or strong feeling, burning , glowing , eager , impatient , ardent : avaritia ardens, Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36: mortem ardentiore studio petere, id. ib. 2, 19, 61: ardentes in eum litteras ad me misit, id. Att. 14, 10 fin. : ardentissimus dux, Flor. 4, 2, 42; 1, 8, 2: ardentissimus amor, Vulg. 3, Reg. 11, 2: studia, Ov. M. 1, 199: Nonne cor nostrum ardens erat in nobis, Vulg. Luc. 24, 32: furor, ib. Isa. 30, 27: miserere ardentis (sc. amore), Ov. M. 14, 691.—Poet. with gen.: ardens caedis, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—In Cic. freq. of passionate, excited discourse: nec umquam is qui audiret, incenderetur, nisi ardens ad eum perveniret oratio, Cic. Or. 38, 132: verbum, id. ib. 8, 27 (cf. id. Brut. 24 fin. ): nisi ipse (orator) inflammatus ad eam (mentem) et ardens accesserit, id. de Or. 2, 45, 190: orator gravis, acer, ardens, id. Or. 28, 99 al.— Adv. ardenter , only trop., in a burning , fiery , eager , passionate manner , ardently , eagerly , passionately : ardenter aliquid cupere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6.— Comp. : ardentius sitire, to have a more burning thirst , Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16: ardentius diligere, Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7, id. Pan. 85, 7: ardentius amare, Suet. Calig. 25.— Sup. : ardentissime diligere, Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3; Suet. Dom. 22.