glow (v.) Copy link Outline 1. candeo, ui, 22. ardeo, incept. ardesco, arsi3. ferveo, bui, 2; also fervo, i, 3 (strictly, to boil)4. aestuo, 1 (like preced.)5. flāgro, 1 (strictly, to blaze, be on fire). Fig. • glow (v.): 1. candeo, ui, 2: the g.ing iron hisses from the hot furnace, calidis candens ferrum e fornacibus stridit, Lucr. 6, 148: the air grew g.ing hot, aër fervoribus ustus canduit, Ov. Met. 1, 120. Hence incept., candesco, 3, to begin to g., to become g.ing hot: Lucr.: Ov. Comps. incandesco, excandesco, strengthened from preced.: cf. fire, to take. 2. ardeo, incept. ardesco, arsi: v. fire, to take; BE ON. 3. ferveo, bui, 2; also fervo, i, 3 (strictly, to boil): the sun is g.ing hot, sol fervit, Gell. 2, 29, med. Esp. in fig. sense, the work g.s ("is all alive"), fervet opus, Virg. G. 4, 169: to g. with passion, (ab) ira fervēre, Ov. Met. 2, 602: Hor. Incept. fervesco, 3 (rare): Lucr.: Plin. 4. aestuo, 1 (like preced.): the parched air g.s, torridus a. aër, Prop. Fig.: the concealed flame (of love) g.s all the more, tectus magis a. ignis, Ov. Met. 4, 64. 5. flāgro, 1 (strictly, to blaze, be on fire). Fig.: to g. with love, amore f., Cic.: v. inflamed, to be.