(verb) : af-fulgĕo (better adf-), ulsi, 2
* To shine on a thing (poet., and in the Aug. and post-Aug. histt.).
* Lit.: Non Venus adfulsit, non illā Juppiter horā,Ov. Ib. 213: nitenti Adfulsit vultu ridens Venus,Sil. 7, 467: instar veris vultus tuus Adfulsit,Hor. C. 4, 5, 6.
* Fig., to shine, dawn, appear: defensurum se urbem prima spes adfulsit,Liv. 27, 28; cf. id. 23, 32: mihi talis fortuna,id. 30, 30: lux civitati,id. 9, 10: Cretensibus nihil praesidii,Val. Max. 7, 6, 1 ext.: occasio,Flor. 4, 9 al.

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