(verb) : suc-cendo, di, sum, 3, sub-candeo; v. accendo
* To kindle or set on fire from below (syn. inflammo).
* Lit. (class.): (sapiens) etiamsi in Phalaridis tauro inclusus succensis ignibus torreatur,Cic. Pis. 18, 42: aggerem cuniculo hostes succenderant,Caes. B. G. 7, 24: arma cumulata in ingentem acervum ipse imperator face subditā succendit,Liv. 45, 33; cf. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 15, 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 5, 43: rogum,Liv. 28, 23: pontem,id. 1, 37: pinus duabus manibus,Ov. M. 5, 442: urbem suis manibus,Caes. B. G. 7, 15: aër fulminibus succenditur,Luc. 2, 269; 2, 413: aras,Sen. Herc. Oet. 790.
* Transf., to inflame, redden: illi rubor igneus ora Succendit,Luc. 9, 792: purpura infecit niveos vultus per liquidas succensa genas,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 274.
* Trop., to kindle, inflame with passion, etc. (only poet.; cf. succenseo): succendit Castora Phoebe,Prop. 1, 2, 15: Deucalion Pyrrhae succensus amore,Ov. H. 15, 167: altera succensa cupidine,id. M. 8, 74: patriā succensa senectā (i. e. amore patris senis),Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 15: (furorem) succendunt classica cantu,Luc. 6, 166; cf.: in bella succensi mero,Sen. Herc. Fur. 779: succensas agit libido mentes,id. Hippol. 541: succensi irā,Sil. 1, 169: luctu succensus,Val. Fl. 3, 585: dulcedine famae succensus,Juv. 7, 40: mens facibus pudoris,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 221.