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illucesco
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Lewis Short
illūcesco or illūcisco (inl-), luxi, 3
* V. inch. n. and a. [in-lucesco].
* Neutr., of the day or of the sun, to grow light, begin to shine, to break, dawn (most freq. in the tempp. perff.).
* Lit.
* Act., to shine upon, give light to (Plautin.): (nox) ut mortales illucescas luce clara et candida,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49: scelestiorem nullum alterum,id. Bacch. 2, 3, 22.
* Trop.: cum populo Romano vox et auctoritas consulis repente in tantis tenebris illuxerit,Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 24: clarissimum deinde Homeri illuxit ingenium,Vell. 1, 5, 1. —Impers.: apud quem si illuxerit, non universa pretia in patrimonium tuum processisse,shall be made clear, apparent,Cod. Just. 5, 71, 10.
* V. inch. n. and a. [in-lucesco].
* Neutr., of the day or of the sun, to grow light, begin to shine, to break, dawn (most freq. in the tempp. perff.).
* Lit.
* Act., to shine upon, give light to (Plautin.): (nox) ut mortales illucescas luce clara et candida,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49: scelestiorem nullum alterum,id. Bacch. 2, 3, 22.
* Trop.: cum populo Romano vox et auctoritas consulis repente in tantis tenebris illuxerit,Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 24: clarissimum deinde Homeri illuxit ingenium,Vell. 1, 5, 1. —Impers.: apud quem si illuxerit, non universa pretia in patrimonium tuum processisse,shall be made clear, apparent,Cod. Just. 5, 71, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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