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luceo
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(verb) : lūcĕo, xi, 2, Sanscr. ruk, to be bright; Gr. λύχνος, λευκός, ἀμφιλύκη; Lat. lux, lumen, lucidus, luna; O. H.-Germ. liŏht; Germ. Licht; cf. also illustris
* To be light or clear, to shine, beam, glitter (syn.: splendeo, fulgeo).
* Lit.: (lumen) Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 389 Vahl.): tum candida lumina lucent, id. ap. Fest. p. 228 and 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 157 Vahl.): (stella) luce lucebat aliena,Cic. Rep. 4, 16, 16: dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus,Tib. 1, 1, 6: lucet igne rogus,Ov. H. 11, 104: rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,Verg. A. 9, 383: lucet via longo Ordine flammarum,id. ib. 11, 143; cf. Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 17: interior caeli qua semita lucet,Stat. Th. 9, 641: (luminaria) lucent in firmamento caeli,Vulg. Gen. 1, 15: niveo lucet in ore rubor,Ov. Am. 3, 3, 6: lucent oculi,id. M. 1, 239; Val. Fl. 6, 492: cinis in multam noctem pertinaciter luxit,Suet. Tib. 74: virgatis lucent sagulis (sc. Galli),glitter,Verg. A. 8, 660: taedā lucebis in illa,i. e. shall burn,Juv. 1, 155: non amplius erit sol ad lucendum,Vulg. Isa. 60, 19.—In the part. pres.: e rosea sol alte lampade lucens,Lucr. 5, 610; so, globus lunae,Verg. A. 6, 725: faces,Ov. F. 3, 270: sedebat In solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis,id. M. 2, 24: lucerna lucens in caliginoso loco,Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 19.—Poet., with acc.: huic lucebis novae nuptae facem,will light her home with a torch,Plaut. Cas. 1, 30: tute tibi puer es; lautus luces cereum,id. Curc. 1, 1, 9.
* Of the day, daylight, etc., to appear, dawn, become light: an umquam lucebit in orbe ille dies,Sil. 16, 91: lucente jam die,Amm. 21, 15, 2.
* Trop., to shine forth, to be conspicuous, apparent, clear, evident: nunc imperii nostri splendor illis gentibus lucet,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: mea officia et studia, quae parum antea luxerunt,id. Att. 3, 15, 4: cum res ipsa tot, tam claris argumentis luceat,id. Mil. 23, 61: virtus lucet in tenebris,id. Sest. 28, 60: tota oratio lucet,Quint. 8, 5, 29; 9, 1, 19.—Hence, lūcens, entis, P. a., shining, bright, conspicuous: lucentior usus, Mall. Theod. de Metr. 9, 7.
* Transf., to shine or show through, to be discernible, visible (poet.): si qua Arabio lucet bombyce puella,Prop. 2, 2, 25 (2, 3, 15): femineum lucet sic per bombycina corpus,Mart. 8, 68, 7: vitalia lucent,are uncovered,Stat. Th. 8, 525.
* To be light or clear, to shine, beam, glitter (syn.: splendeo, fulgeo).
* Lit.: (lumen) Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 389 Vahl.): tum candida lumina lucent, id. ap. Fest. p. 228 and 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 157 Vahl.): (stella) luce lucebat aliena,Cic. Rep. 4, 16, 16: dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus,Tib. 1, 1, 6: lucet igne rogus,Ov. H. 11, 104: rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,Verg. A. 9, 383: lucet via longo Ordine flammarum,id. ib. 11, 143; cf. Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 17: interior caeli qua semita lucet,Stat. Th. 9, 641: (luminaria) lucent in firmamento caeli,Vulg. Gen. 1, 15: niveo lucet in ore rubor,Ov. Am. 3, 3, 6: lucent oculi,id. M. 1, 239; Val. Fl. 6, 492: cinis in multam noctem pertinaciter luxit,Suet. Tib. 74: virgatis lucent sagulis (sc. Galli),glitter,Verg. A. 8, 660: taedā lucebis in illa,i. e. shall burn,Juv. 1, 155: non amplius erit sol ad lucendum,Vulg. Isa. 60, 19.—In the part. pres.: e rosea sol alte lampade lucens,Lucr. 5, 610; so, globus lunae,Verg. A. 6, 725: faces,Ov. F. 3, 270: sedebat In solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis,id. M. 2, 24: lucerna lucens in caliginoso loco,Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 19.—Poet., with acc.: huic lucebis novae nuptae facem,will light her home with a torch,Plaut. Cas. 1, 30: tute tibi puer es; lautus luces cereum,id. Curc. 1, 1, 9.
* Of the day, daylight, etc., to appear, dawn, become light: an umquam lucebit in orbe ille dies,Sil. 16, 91: lucente jam die,Amm. 21, 15, 2.
* Trop., to shine forth, to be conspicuous, apparent, clear, evident: nunc imperii nostri splendor illis gentibus lucet,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: mea officia et studia, quae parum antea luxerunt,id. Att. 3, 15, 4: cum res ipsa tot, tam claris argumentis luceat,id. Mil. 23, 61: virtus lucet in tenebris,id. Sest. 28, 60: tota oratio lucet,Quint. 8, 5, 29; 9, 1, 19.—Hence, lūcens, entis, P. a., shining, bright, conspicuous: lucentior usus, Mall. Theod. de Metr. 9, 7.
* Transf., to shine or show through, to be discernible, visible (poet.): si qua Arabio lucet bombyce puella,Prop. 2, 2, 25 (2, 3, 15): femineum lucet sic per bombycina corpus,Mart. 8, 68, 7: vitalia lucent,are uncovered,Stat. Th. 8, 525.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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