candens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of candeō (“shine; gleam white; glow with heat”). === Participle === candēns (genitive candentis); third-declension one-termination participle Shining, glittering; bright, clear. Gleaming (white). Glowing (with heat); hot. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “candens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “candens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “candens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.