incensum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

incensum, i, n. [incendo].

I A setting fire to , lighting (eccl. Lat.): hora incensi, Ambros. de Virg. 3.—

II Concr., incense : incenso imposito, Inscr. Fratr. Arv. ap. Marin. p. 639; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 47, 4; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 12: incensum θυμίαμα, Gloss. Phil. —

B In gen., sacrifice : incensum abominatio est mihi, Tert. adv. Jud. 5; Vulg. Sap. 18, 21; id. Ecclus. 45, 20.