Latin

Noun

incendium n ‎(genitive incendiī); second declension

1. A fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch.
2. (heat of) passion, vehemence

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• French: incendie
• Italian: incendio
• Portuguese: incêndio
• Spanish: incendio

References

• incendium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incendium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INCENDIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incendium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on fire, in flames: incendio flagrare, or simply conflagrare, ardere (Liv. 30. 7)
    
  • to be burned to ashes: incendio deleri, absūmi
    
• incendium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incendium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin