English → Latin
“glowing” in Latin
candeōto be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white; to glow (with heat), to be glowing ārdeōto burn (be consumed by fire); to glow; to glisten with a feature, usually with a colouraestuōto be in agitation or violent commotion, move to and fro, writhe, rage, toss, boil up, heave; to burn, blaze, rage; to bflagrōto burn, blazehumusground, floor; earth, soilgenacheek; eye socket; eye or eyelidrutiluslight(-haired), blond, red; yellow, red, light-colored, bright (somewhat like a strong grade of rūfus)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glowing
candens (e.g., of coals): ardens (e.g., a fire-brand): aestuans (e.g., humus): flagrans (burning; e.g., cheeks, genae [† SYN. in To GLOW]): glowing red, rutilus.
IMPROPR., Glowing language, oratio fervidior: glowing passion, praefervida ira (Liv.). To paint (= describe) anything in glowing colors, lectis verborum coloribus depingere aliquid (after Gell., 14, 4, 1); or simply totam alicujus rei imaginem verbis quodammodo depingere (Quint.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glowing?
- The usual Latin words for “glowing” are candeō, ārdeō, aestuō; also flagrō, humus, gena. 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.