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.