(verb) : perlūcĕo (pell-), xi, 2, per-luceo
* To shine through, shine forth, be visible; to be seen through, to be transparent, pellucid (class.).
* Lit.: ita is pellucet, quasi laterna Punica,Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 29: tenuis ac perlucens aether,Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54: amethysti perlucent omnes violaceo colore,Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 122: perlucens amictus,Ov. M. 4, 313: Cretice, pelluces,i. e. you wear a transparent Cretan garment,Juv. 2, 78: perlucens toga,Sen. Ep. 114; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 50: perlucens avena,i. e. with many holes,Tib. 3, 4, 71: perlucens ruina,Juv. 11, 13: pellucet omnis regia (because the walls are fallen down),Sen. Her. Fur. 1001.
* Trop., to shine through or forth, to appear; to be transparent, clear, intelligible: illud ipsum quod honestum decorumque dicimus quasi perlucet ex eis, quas commemoravi, virtutibus,Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32: pellucens oratio,id. Brut. 79, 274: mores dicentis ex oratione pelluceant,Quint. 6, 2, 13: perlucet omne regiae vitium domus,is apparent,Sen. Agam. 148.

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