Lewis Short
ē-nĭtesco, -nitŭi, 3
* V. inch. n., to shine forth, shine out, become bright (freq. in the post-Aug. per.).
* Lit.: ut (oculi) in hilaritate enitescant,Quint. 11, 3, 75.—Poet.: enitescis pulchrior multo (Barine),Hor. C. 2, 8, 6.
* Trop., to shine forth, become distinguished: sibi novum bellum exoptabat, ubi virtus enitescere posset,Sall. C. 54, 4: gloria,Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57; cf. Gell. 17, 21, 33: facundia,Quint. 10, 5, 14; cf. Tac. Or. 20: utque studiis honestis et eloquentiae gloria enitesceret,id. A. 12, 58: plebs togā (i. e. pacis artibus),id. ib. 11, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary