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corusco

corusco, to move quickly, vibrate, shake, brandish, weave, tremble

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

coruscō, 1, a. and n.: to push with the horns; move quickly hither and thither; shake, brandish, wave, swing, 5.642; flash; glisten.

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coruscans Verb: present active participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative singular of corusco

See coruscans in Morpho

cŏrusco, āre, v. a. and n. (the access. form conisco is found in some copies of Lucr. 2, 320, and Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21) [root scar-, to leap; Gr. σκαίρω; cf. also κορύσσω; v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v.].
  • To thrust or push with the horns (very rare): agni ludunt blandeque coruscant, Lucr. 2, 320: frontem, Juv. 12, 6: caput opponis cum eo coruscans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21.—
  • II Transf., to move quickly, to vibrate, shake, brandish, wave, tremble, etc. (poet.).
          • α Act.: duo Gaesa manu, Verg. A. 8, 661: hastam, id. ib. 12, 431: telum, id. ib. 12, 887; Sil. 1, 434: ferrum, Val. Fl. 2, 228 al.: linguas (colubrae), Ov. M. 4, 494: alternos apices (flammae), Stat. Th. 12, 432.—
          • β Neutr., to flit, flutter, shake: apes pennis coruscant, Verg. G. 4, 73: abies, trembles, Juv. 3, 254.—
    • B In partic., of the tremulous motion of fire, lightning, or brilliant bodies, to flash, glitter, gleam, coruscate: flamma inter nubes coruscat, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: elucent aliae (apes) et fulgore coruscant, Verg. G. 4, 98: Juppiter arce, Val. Fl. 5, 304: telisque salum facibusque coruscat, id. 1, 703: coruscans clipeus, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 29 al.

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