candens
candens, shining, dazzling, white, bright
candens, entis, Part. and P. a., v. candeo.
candēns, (12) tis, part. et adj. (candeo), ¶ 1 blanc brillant : [lait] Lucr. 1, 258 ; [marbre] Lucr. 2, 767 ; [soleil] Lucr. 6, 1197 ; [lune] Cic. Rep. 1, 23 ¶ 2 ardent : carbone candente Cic. Off. 2, 25, avec un charbon ardent ; aqua candens Col. Rust. 6, 5, 2, eau bouillante || candentior Val. Flacc. 3, 481 ; -issimus Sol. 52, 25.
candēns entis, adj.
- P. of candeo, shining, dazzling, white, bright: luna: umeri, H.: cygnus candenti corpore, V.: Phoebus, resplendent, V.: ortus, Tb.: candenti elephanto, i. e. ivory, V.: lilia, O.: de candentibus atra facere, to make white black, O.—Glowing, white-hot: favilla, V.: carbo: lammina, O.: lamna, H.