candēns

   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.

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candentis (gen.), candentior -or -us, candentissimus -a -um ADJ

shining/bright/clear (light); (approaching) white; boiling/red-hot, glowing