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“blaze” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

blaze
flamma; fulgor; ignia (great brightness).
blaze v.
n., ardescere, exardescere, flammas emittere, ardere, flagrare:
v. a., vulgare. divulgare, pervulgare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for blaze?
The usual Latin words for “blaze” are flamma, fulgor, ignia; also ārdēscō, exārdēscō, ārdeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.