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praeniteo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-nĭtĕo, ŭi, 2
* To shine or glitter forth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: vestes praenitent,App. M. 5, p. 162, 37: luna subito praenitens,Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: juvenis veste niveā praenitens,App. M. 11, p. 261, 21.—With dat.: cur tibi junior praeniteat,appear more attractive,Hor. C. 1, 33, 4: unius facies praenitet omnibus,shines brighter than they all, outshines them all,Sen. Med. 93.
* Trop.: gentes, quarum titulis forum Augusti praenitet,Vell. 2, 39, 2: virtus Catonis conspicua atque praenitens,id. 2, 35, 1 (2, 59, 1 dub.).
* To shine or glitter forth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: vestes praenitent,App. M. 5, p. 162, 37: luna subito praenitens,Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: juvenis veste niveā praenitens,App. M. 11, p. 261, 21.—With dat.: cur tibi junior praeniteat,appear more attractive,Hor. C. 1, 33, 4: unius facies praenitet omnibus,shines brighter than they all, outshines them all,Sen. Med. 93.
* Trop.: gentes, quarum titulis forum Augusti praenitet,Vell. 2, 39, 2: virtus Catonis conspicua atque praenitens,id. 2, 35, 1 (2, 59, 1 dub.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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