LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

ārdor

ārdor m (genitive ārdōris)
Classical[ˈaːr.dɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈar.dor]

Meaning

  1. flame, fire, heat
  2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
  3. ardour, eagerness, ardent desire
  4. the object of ardent affection, love, flame

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeārdorārdōrēs
genitiveārdōrisārdōrum
dativeārdōrīārdōribus
accusativeārdōremārdōrēs
ablativeārdōreārdōribus
vocativeārdorārdōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ardore solis torreri
to be dried up by the sun's heat.
ardorem animi restinguere
to damp, chill enthusiasm.
ardor animi resēdit, consedit
his enthusiasm has abated, cooled down.
ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
enthusiasm.

ardor, ōris, m. ardeo,
I. a flame, fire, heat, burning heat, lit. and trop.
I. Lit.: solis ardor, Lucr. 2, 212: exortus est sol cum ardore, Vulg. Jac. 1, 11: ignium, Lucr. 5, 587: ignis, Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 12: flammarum, Lucr. 5, 1093: flammaï, id. 5, 1099 al.: visas ab occidente faces ardoremque caeli, Cic. Cat. 3, 8: ardor caelestis, qui aether vel caelum nominatur, id. N. D. 2, 15, 41: ardore deflagrare, id. Ac. 2, 37, 119: ardores corporum in morbis, Plin. 14, 16, 18, § 99: Visitabo vos in egestate et ardore, with burning fever, Vulg. Lev. 26, 16 al.—
II. Trop.
A. Of the flashing fire of the eyes, brightness, brilliancy: fervescit et ex oculis micat acribus ardor, and fire gleams forth from the keen eyes, Lucr. 3, 289: ille imperatorius ardor oculorum, Cic. Balb. 21, and id. N. D. 2, 42, 107.—Of the external appearance in gen.: in te ardor voltuum atque motuum, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80: oris, animation, Vell. 2, 35.—
B. Of the passions or feelings, heat, ardor, glow, impatience, eagerness, ardent desire: Sive voluptas est sive est contrarius ardor, i. e. dolor, some tormenting pain, Lucr. 3, 251: cupiditatum ardore restincto, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43: ardor mentis ad gloriam, id. Cael. 31: quem ardorem studii censetis fuisse in Archimede, qui etc., id. Fin. 5, 19, 50: ardor animi non semper adest, isque cum consedit, id. Brut. 24, 93: vultus ardore animi micans, Liv. 6, 13: ardorem compescere, Tac. Agr. 8; Liv. 8, 16. —Transf. from the combatants to the weapons: tantus fuit ardor armorum, Liv. 22, 5: Ardorem cupiens dissimulare meum, glowing love, Tib. 4, 12, 6; so Ov. M. 7, 76.— With obj. gen.: at te ejusdem virginis ardor Perdiderat, Ov. M. 9, 101; 9, 140; Hor. Epod. 11, 27 al.—And meton., the object of ardent affection, love, flame: tu primus et ultimus illi Ardor eris, Ov. M. 14, 683.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-eh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*āzēō
  4. Latinārdor

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin āridus Latin ārdus ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin ārdeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ārdor From ārdeō + -or.

Descendants
  • Englishardor
  • Englishardour
  • Catalanardor
  • Frenchardeurfrom Old French ardour
  • Italianardore
  • Portugueseardor
  • Romanianardoare
  • Spanishardor
  • Galicianardor
  • Istriotardùr

In English words that came into English from ārdor

  • ardorārdor

Quick answers

What does ārdor mean in Latin?
ārdor, a noun, means “flame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desire”.
What is the genitive of ārdor?
The genitive singular is ārdōris. ārdor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ārdor?
In classical Latin, [ˈaːr.dɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈar.dor].
Where does ārdor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *āzēō → Latin ārdor.