inflame Copy link Outline I. To arouse passion1. accendo, di, sum, 3 (denoting the first stirring up of angry feeling)2. incendo, 3 (stronger than preced., and denoting a state of mind as the result)3. inflammo, 1 (like incendo, but a more rhetorical expr.)4. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3 (to burn with love or jealousy)5. in pass. ardeo, si, sum, 2II. In med. sense, to produce inflammation • inflame: I. To arouse passion: 1. accendo, di, sum, 3 (denoting the first stirring up of angry feeling): this circumstance had greatly i.d Marius against Metellus, quae res Marium contra Metellum vehementer accenderat, Sall. Jug 64: very oft. foll. by iram, invidiam, odium, discordiam, etc.: Liv.: Curt.: v. to kindle. 2. incendo, 3 (stronger than preced., and denoting a state of mind as the result): to i. any one's desire, alicujus cupiditatem inc., Cic. Fam. 15, 21: I am i.d with anger, incendor ira! Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 47: Cic. (not accendor in this constr.): Virg.: Juv. 3. inflammo, 1 (like incendo, but a more rhetorical expr.): to i. or extinguish emotion, animorum motus vel inf. vel exstinguere, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60: to heighten and i. the desires, cupiditates augere atque inf., Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 51. (N.B.--The simple verb is rare and poet.: chiefly in p. part. flammatus, Virg. Aen. 1, 50.) 4. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3 (to burn with love or jealousy): me love i.s, me urit amor, Virg. E. 2, 68: Hor. 5. in pass. ardeo, si, sum, 2: esp. incept. ardesco, 3: she becomes i.d as she gazes, ardescit tuendo, Virg. Aen. 1, 713: Lucr. So, flagro, 1: to be i.d with hatred, odio flagrare, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190: Suet. See also to excite. II. In med. sense, to produce inflammation: inflammo, 1: Plin. 22, 23, 49 § 106.