Accendo

Latin-English

accend|ō, -ĕre, -ī, accensum. (atˈtʃen.do) v. trans.

1. To set on fire; to light.

[ad + candeo.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 4.3:

Milonis domum, eam quae 〈 est in 〉 Cermalo, pr. Idus Novembr. expugnare et incendere ita conatus est ut palam hora quinta cum scutis homines eductis gladiis, alios cum accensis facibus adduxerit.

They tried to storm Milo's house—the one on the Germalus—and set fire to it on November 12, when at eleven o'clock he openly brought men with shields and drawn swords, some with lit torches.