adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
igneus
igneus (feminine ignea, neuter igneum)
Classical[ˈɪŋ.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈiɲ.ɲe.us]
Meaning
- adjectivefiery, hot, on fire, burning
- adjectiveardent, fervid, vehement
- adjectiveflame-coloured, bright reddish-yellow
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | igneus | ignea | igneum |
| genitive | igneī | igneae | igneī |
| dative | igneō | igneae | igneō |
| accusative | igneum | igneam | igneum |
| ablative | igneō | igneā | igneō |
| vocative | ignee | ignea | igneum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | igneī | igneae | ignea |
| genitive | igneōrum | igneārum | igneōrum |
| dative | igneīs | igneīs | igneīs |
| accusative | igneōs | igneās | ignea |
| ablative | igneīs | igneīs | igneīs |
| vocative | igneī | igneae | ignea |
ignĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of fire, fiery, on fire, burning, burning-hot (cf.: fervidus, calidus).
I. Lit.:
sidera tota esse ignea, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40; cf. sol, Verg. G. 4, 426: arces (i. e. caelum), Hor. C. 3, 3, 10: ignea vis caeli, ether, Ov. M. 1, 26: ignea vis, fire, as one of the primary elements, acc. to Heraclitus, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 35: Aetne, Ov. M. 15, 341: Chimaera, Hor. C. 2, 17, 13: aestas, id. ib. 1, 17, 2: ardor, of fire, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: celeritas, motus, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.—B. Transf., of color, fiery, flaming, resplendent:
gemmae igneo colore fulgentes, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137: purpura, Val. Fl. 1, 427: cingula gemmis, Stat. Th. 12, 527.—II. Trop., fiery, glowing, burning, fervid, ardent, vehement (poet.):
furor, Ov. M. 9, 541: vigor, Verg. A. 6, 730: virtus, Luc. 9, 7: volat igneus aequore Tarchon, Verg. A. 11, 746; cf.: igneus in pugnas, in Martem et proelia et hostem, burning for the strife, etc., Sil. 6, 209.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īgneus adj.
ignis, of fire, fiery, on fire, burning, burning-hot: sidera: arces (i. e. caelum), H.: vis caeli, ether, O.: vis, fire (as an element): Chimaera, with fiery breath, H.: celeritas, motus.—Of color, fiery, V.—Fig., burning, fervid, ardent, vehement: furor, O.: vigor, V.: Tarchon, V.
Origins
Derived from ign(is) (“fire”) + -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).
Descendants
- Catalanigni
- Frenchigné
- Italianigneo
- Portugueseígneo
- Spanishígneo
- Englishigneous
- Galicianígneo