The corpus record — Latin

incensum

incensum · n

A setting fire to

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Where it lives

De Optimo Genere Oratorum 1 · 6.32/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
Pro M. Tullio 1 · 2.91/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Aeneid 9 · 1.42/10k
Catilina 1 · 0.94/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

incensum — Lewis & Short

incensum, i, n.id..

I A setting fire to, lighting (eccl. Lat.): hora incensi, Ambros. de Virg. 3.—

II Concr., incense: incenso imposito, Inscr. Fratr. Arv. ap. Marin. p. 639; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 47, 4; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 12: incensum qumi/ama, Gloss. Phil. —

B In gen., sacrifice: incensum abominatio est mihi, Tert. adv. Jud. 5; Vulg. Sap. 18, 21; id. Ecclus. 45, 20.

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