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* V. inch. n. [niteo], to begin to shine or glitter, to shine, glitter (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: caelum nitescere, arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 192 Vahl.): exiguo qui stellarum candore nitescit,Cic. Arat. 174: juventus Nudatos umeros oleo perfusa nitescit,Verg. A. 5, 134: nitescente novā lunā,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2; 37, 12, 74, § 195: ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur,Tib. 1, 4, 58 (64).
* Transf.
* Trop., to be formed or cultivated: ut ingenio, doctrinā, praeceptione natura nitescat,Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29.—To become illustrious or celebrated: quid non cultu nitescit?Quint. 9, 4, 5 (Tac. A. 12, 58; Halm and Ritter, enitesceret).
* Of persons, to become blooming; in perf., to be blooming: o pueri, nituistis,Hor. S. 2, 2, 128.
* Of plants, to grow luxuriously, to thrive, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 112.
* V. inch. n. [niteo], to begin to shine or glitter, to shine, glitter (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: caelum nitescere, arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 192 Vahl.): exiguo qui stellarum candore nitescit,Cic. Arat. 174: juventus Nudatos umeros oleo perfusa nitescit,Verg. A. 5, 134: nitescente novā lunā,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2; 37, 12, 74, § 195: ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur,Tib. 1, 4, 58 (64).
* Transf.
* Trop., to be formed or cultivated: ut ingenio, doctrinā, praeceptione natura nitescat,Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29.—To become illustrious or celebrated: quid non cultu nitescit?Quint. 9, 4, 5 (Tac. A. 12, 58; Halm and Ritter, enitesceret).
* Of persons, to become blooming; in perf., to be blooming: o pueri, nituistis,Hor. S. 2, 2, 128.
* Of plants, to grow luxuriously, to thrive, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 112.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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