1. v. candere (to be of a white heat; and hence of a bright, glowing heat; never IMPROP. of passions, except in the late poet: Claudius): candescere (inchoative, to begin to glow; e.g., ferrum in igni, Lucr.; also of the air at sunrise, Ov.): excandescere (IMPROP.; e.g., ira): ardere (of a visible glowing heat; whereas flagrare is to be visibly on fire; hence ardere, IMPROP., of glowing with a secret passion, flagrare, of burning with a visible one, Döderlein): inchoatives ardescere, exardescere (the former not Cic., the latter a favorite word of his): fervere (to be boiling hot; hence, IMPROP., “to glow with passions” that cause an inward tumult): aestuare (stronger than fervere, to boil and bubble, etc., from intense heat; in the figurative sense, it does not refer to the glow, but to the tumult or agitation of passion, doubt, etc.; inchoative, fervescere poetical, except Plin.): rubere (to be red; of the morning sky, etc.; inchoative, rubescere, to become red; † Verg., Ov.): To glow with anger, ira ardere or flagrare: he glowed with anger, ira excanduit (Cic.) or iracundia et stomacbo exarsit: to glow with love, ardere amore alicujus (☞ ardere aliquo or aliquem poetically). Vid: GLOWING.
2. s. ardor: fervor: aestus [SYN. in To GLOW: all three also, IMPROP. of passions; ardor also of the eyes; candor occurs only in a late poet = aestus, and should therefore be avoided]. The glow of love, calores.