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praeluceo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-lūceo, xi, 2
* To shine or give light before; to hold or carry a light before, to light.
* Lit.
* To shine very much, shine brightly: baculum praelucet,Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.
* Trop.
* In gen., to shine forth, be bright: amicitia bonā spe praelucet in posterum,Cic. Lael. 7, 23.—With acc.: lumenque tuae praeluceo vitae,Aus. Idyll. 4, 95.
* In partic., to shine brighter, to outshine, surpass: nullus sinus Baiis praelucet,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 83.—*
* To shine or give light before; to hold or carry a light before, to light.
* Lit.
* To shine very much, shine brightly: baculum praelucet,Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.
* Trop.
* In gen., to shine forth, be bright: amicitia bonā spe praelucet in posterum,Cic. Lael. 7, 23.—With acc.: lumenque tuae praeluceo vitae,Aus. Idyll. 4, 95.
* In partic., to shine brighter, to outshine, surpass: nullus sinus Baiis praelucet,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 83.—*
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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