(adj.adv.) : lūcŭlentus, a, um, adj.lux
* Full of light, bright, splendid.
* Lit.: vestibulum et ambulacrum,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 132: camino luculento uti,i. e. brightly burning, having a good fire in it,Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2.
* Trop.
* Distinguished, excellent of its kind: luculenta et festiva femina,Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 2: facinus,id. Men. 1, 2, 32: forma,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 12: legio luculentissima, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3: verba luculentiora,Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1: scriptor,id. ib. 7, 17, 2: oratio,perspicuous, fine,Sall. C. 31: plaga,great, serious,Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17: navigia,id. Att. 16, 4, 4.
* Respectable, considerable, rich: divitiae,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 33: familia,id. Cist. 2, 3, 17: magna et luculenta hereditas,id. Truc. 2, 3, 24: condicio,id. Mil. 4, 1, 6: lucrum homines luculentos reddidit,id. Capt. 2, 7, 76: patrimonium,Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 19.
* Clear, satisfactorily proved: est luculenta res Aureliani indiciis,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 4.
* Lucky, fortunate: dies,Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 5.
* Trustworthy: auctores,Cic. Att. 10, 14, 2: homo,id. ib. 2, 12, 4: scriptor,id. Brut. 26, 102: constantia, Just. Inst. prooem. 2.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lūcŭlentē and lūcŭlenter, splendidly, excellently, well.
* Form lūcŭlentē: eamus intro huc ad te, et hunc hodie diem luculente habeamus,in jollity, merrily,Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 55: vendere, to advantage, id. Merc. 2, 3, 88: luculente scripserunt,Cic. Brut. 19, 76; so id. Off. 3, 28, 102; id. Att. 14, 21, 1: calefacere aliquem, to give one a thorough warming, i. e. beating, id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.
* Form lūcŭ-lenter: hoc quidem sane luculenter,very well said,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60 (al. luculente): Graece luculenter scire,id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: opus texere,id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1.

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