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(adjective) : cŏruscus, a, um, corusco, II. (poet.).
* In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous: silvae,Verg. A. 1, 164: ilices,id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously: omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor,i. e. trembling,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.
* Flashing, gleaming, glittering: fulgura,Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning: ignis,Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: lumina,Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: sol,Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.: radii (solis),Ov. M. 1, 768: lampades,id. ib. 12, 247: viri ferro auroque,Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf. in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci,Verg. A. 9, 678.
* Transf., brilliant, ἐνθύμημα, Gell. 17, 20, 4.—Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.
* In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous: silvae,Verg. A. 1, 164: ilices,id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously: omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor,i. e. trembling,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.
* Flashing, gleaming, glittering: fulgura,Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning: ignis,Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: lumina,Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: sol,Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.: radii (solis),Ov. M. 1, 768: lampades,id. ib. 12, 247: viri ferro auroque,Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf. in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci,Verg. A. 9, 678.
* Transf., brilliant, ἐνθύμημα, Gell. 17, 20, 4.—Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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