English → Latin
“glow” in Latin
candeōto be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white; to glow (with heat), to be glowing candēscōto brighten, grow brighter; to radiate; to become red hotexcandēscōto kindle; to catch fire; to become angry, enraged with passion; (figuratively) to grow hot or burn with anger, rage, orārdeōto burn (be consumed by fire); to glow; to glisten with a feature, usually with a colourexārdēscōto flare or blaze up; to glow; to rage, blaze forth, burst forth, flare up, become fired, inflamed, excitedferveōto be hot; to burn; to boil; seethe, foamaestuōto be in agitation or violent commotion, move to and fro, writhe, rage, toss, boil up, heave; to burn, blaze, rage; to brubeōto be red or ruddy; to be blushing (as a sign of shame, modesty, or joy)īraire, anger, wrathflagrōto burn, blaze
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glow 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.
glow 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.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glow?
- The usual Latin words for “glow” are candeō, candēscō, excandēscō; also ārdeō, exārdēscō, ferveō. 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.