shine
shine
v. intrans.
P. and V. ἐκλάμπειν (Plat.), λάμπειν (Plat.), ἀστράπτειν (Plat.), στίλβειν (Plat.), V. αἴθειν, αἴθεσθαι, μαρμαίρειν, Ar. and V. φλέγειν, λάμπεσθαι, Ar. διαστίλβειν.
v. intrans.
P. and V. ἐκλάμπειν (Plat.), λάμπειν (Plat.), ἀστράπτειν (Plat.), στίλβειν (Plat.), V. αἴθειν, αἴθεσθαι, μαρμαίρειν, Ar. and V. φλέγειν, λάμπεσθαι, Ar. διαστίλβειν.
SHINE
s. claritas: splendor: nitor: candor: fulgor. SYN. in BRIGHTNESS.
s. claritas: splendor: nitor: candor: fulgor. SYN. in BRIGHTNESS.
v. PROP. splendere: fulgere: nitere [SYN. in SPLENDOR]: micare (to sparkle twinkle; of bodies well shoot forth beams suddenly at intervals): ☞ rutilare (to shine with a gold color). radiare (to beam cast beams): coruscare (to dart forth; of flames) and candere (to shine brightly) are only poetic: to shine with ivory and gold ebore et auro fulgere.
Figuratively splendere (to make a show): fulgere (to shine forth in anybody in aliquo of good qualities): nitere (to be illustrious; e.g. recenti gloria): enitere or elucere (to be conspicuous; e.g. in bello in foro; of persons and things as virtues etc.); by anything aliqua re. To endeavor to shine with anything se ostentare (especially externally and in speech): honoris or gloriae cupidum esse (to strive after honor and glory).
Figuratively splendere (to make a show): fulgere (to shine forth in anybody in aliquo of good qualities): nitere (to be illustrious; e.g. recenti gloria): enitere or elucere (to be conspicuous; e.g. in bello in foro; of persons and things as virtues etc.); by anything aliqua re. To endeavor to shine with anything se ostentare (especially externally and in speech): honoris or gloriae cupidum esse (to strive after honor and glory).
shine (v.): To emit rays of light; to give forth brightness or splendour:
1. lūceo, xi, 2 (gen. term, applicable to any luminous object): the star was s.ing with a borrowed light, stella luce lucebat aliena, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, fin.: the funeral pile s.s with fire, lucet igne rogus, Ov. H. 11, 104: Phoebus sat on a throne s.ing with brilliant emeralds, sedebat in solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis, id. M. 2, 24. Comps. (1.) collūceo, 2, v. n. (to be all one blaze of light): the sun s.s brightly so far and wide, sol tam longe lateque c., Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: the torches s. brightly on every side, lampades undique c., Ov. H. 14, 25. (2.) rĕlūceo, 2 (to s. back, gleam): the wide waters s. with fire, igni freta lata relucent, Virg. Aen. 2, 312. Incept. lūcesco and lūcisco, luxi, 3 (to begin to s.): the sun begins to s., sol. l., Virg. E. 6, 37: Ov. F. 5, 417. Comp. illūcesco and illūcisco, 3: when on the third day the sun had begun to s., quum tertio die sol illuxisset, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96.
2. fulgeo, fulsi, 2 (to s. with a bright flashing radiance): the moon was s.ing in a calm sky, coelo fulgebat luna sereno, Hor. Epod. 15, 1: marble palaces s.ing with ivory and gold, marmorea tecta ebore et auro fulgentia, Cic. Parad. 1, 3, 13: Saturn's s.ing palace (i. e. the sky) fulgens domus Saturni, Hor. Od. 2, 12, 8. Comps. (1.) affulgeo, 2: v. TO SHINE ON . (2.) offulgeo, 2 (to s. against or upon: rare): Virg. Aen. 9, 110: Sil. (3.) rĕfulgeo, 2 (to reflect a light, gleam): the gleam of the gold shone through the boughs, auri refulsit aura per ramos, Virg. Aen. 6, 204 Cic. (poet.). Incept. fulgesco, 3 (to begin to s.: v. rare and late): Firmic.
3. splendeo, 2 (to s. brilliantly, as polished objects do): the sea s.s under the flickering light, s. tremulo sub lumine pontus, Virg. Aen. 7, 9: the ancestral salt-cellar s.s on the meagre table, paternum s. in mensa tenui salinum, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 14. Comp.: resplendeo, 2 (strengthened from simple verb: poet.): Virg.: Sil. Incept. splendesco, dui, 3 (to become bright): the ploughshare (rubbed against the furrow) begins to s., s. vomer, Virg. G. 1, 46: Ov.
4. nĭteo, 2 (to beam with reflected light): to s. with unguents, unguentis n., Cic. Cat. 2, 3: to s. with use, usu n., Ov.: cf. Lucr. 1, 9, nitet diffuso lumine coelum. Comp.: pernĭteo, 2 (to s. very much: v. rare): Mela. Incept. nĭtesco, tui, 3 (to begin to s.): Cic. poet.: Plin.
5. mĭco, 1: v.TO GLITTER , GLEAM .
6. candeo, ui, 2 (to emit a white light: poet.): ivory s.s on the thrones, c. ebur soliis, Cat. 64, 45: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 9, 1, where candidum = s.ing white.
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1. ēlūceo, xi, 2 (both lit. and fig.): a circle s.ing out among the flames, inter flammas circulus elucens, Cic. Rep. 6, 16. Fig.: already the spark of genius shone forth in the youth, scintilla ingenii jam elucebat in puero, Cic. Rep. 2, 21.
2. ēnĭteo, 2 (both lit. and fig.): the myrtle s.s forth with flowery branch-*lets, myrtus floridis ramulis e., Cat. 61, 21: so much grace s.s forth from her lovely face, tantum egregio decus e. ore, Virg. Aen. 4, 150. Fig.: Demosthenes shone forth in those speeches which are called "the Philippics," in iis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituit Demosthenes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 2: valour shone forth in war, virtus in bello enituit, id. Mur. 14, ad fin. Incept. ēnĭtesco, tui, 3 (both lit. and fig.): thou shinest forth fairer by far, etc., enitescis pulchrior multo, etc., Hor. Od. 2, 8, 6: Quint. Fig.: (he eagerly desired a new war) where valour could s. forth, ubi virtus e. posset, Sall. C. 54, fin.
3. fulgeo, 2 (rarely fig.): even in youth his excellent disposition shone forth, fulgebat jam in adolescentulo indoles virtutis, Nep. Eum. 1, med. More precisely, comp.: effulgeo, 2 (both lit. and fig.). a new light shone forth from the eyes, nova lux oculis effulsit, Virg. Aen. 9, 731. Fig.: Philip and Alexander the Great shone forth in war, in bello Philippus ac Magnus Alexander effulgebant, Liv. 45, 7.
4. exsplendesco, dui, 3, incep. (only fig.): he began to s. forth more brilliantly than his schoolfellows could patiently bear, clarius exsplendescebat quam condiscipuli aequo animo ferre possent, Nep. Att. 1, fin.: from his very childhood the gifts of mind and body began to s. forth, in puero statim corporis animique dotes exsplenduerunt, Suet. Tit. 3.
5. pellūceo and perlūceo, 2 (in this sense only fig.): the good and beautiful s.s forth from the virtues I have named, honestum decorumque ex iis, quas commemoravi, virtutibus p., Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32: the character of the speaker s.s forth (i. e. appears) from the speech, mores dicentis ex oratione p., Quint. 6, 2, 13.
1. lūceo, xi, 2 (gen. term, applicable to any luminous object): the star was s.ing with a borrowed light, stella luce lucebat aliena, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, fin.: the funeral pile s.s with fire, lucet igne rogus, Ov. H. 11, 104: Phoebus sat on a throne s.ing with brilliant emeralds, sedebat in solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis, id. M. 2, 24. Comps. (1.) collūceo, 2, v. n. (to be all one blaze of light): the sun s.s brightly so far and wide, sol tam longe lateque c., Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: the torches s. brightly on every side, lampades undique c., Ov. H. 14, 25. (2.) rĕlūceo, 2 (to s. back, gleam): the wide waters s. with fire, igni freta lata relucent, Virg. Aen. 2, 312. Incept. lūcesco and lūcisco, luxi, 3 (to begin to s.): the sun begins to s., sol. l., Virg. E. 6, 37: Ov. F. 5, 417. Comp. illūcesco and illūcisco, 3: when on the third day the sun had begun to s., quum tertio die sol illuxisset, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96.
2. fulgeo, fulsi, 2 (to s. with a bright flashing radiance): the moon was s.ing in a calm sky, coelo fulgebat luna sereno, Hor. Epod. 15, 1: marble palaces s.ing with ivory and gold, marmorea tecta ebore et auro fulgentia, Cic. Parad. 1, 3, 13: Saturn's s.ing palace (
3. splendeo, 2 (to s. brilliantly, as polished objects do): the sea s.s under the flickering light, s. tremulo sub lumine pontus, Virg. Aen. 7, 9: the ancestral salt-cellar s.s on the meagre table, paternum s. in mensa tenui salinum, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 14. Comp.: resplendeo, 2 (strengthened from simple verb: poet.): Virg.: Sil. Incept. splendesco, dui, 3 (to become bright): the ploughshare (rubbed against the furrow) begins to s., s. vomer, Virg. G. 1, 46: Ov.
4. nĭteo, 2 (to beam with reflected light): to s. with unguents, unguentis n., Cic. Cat. 2, 3: to s. with use, usu n., Ov.: cf. Lucr. 1, 9, nitet diffuso lumine coelum. Comp.: pernĭteo, 2 (to s. very much: v. rare): Mela. Incept. nĭtesco, tui, 3 (to begin to s.): Cic. poet.: Plin.
5. mĭco, 1: v.
6. candeo, ui, 2 (to emit a white light: poet.): ivory s.s on the thrones, c. ebur soliis, Cat. 64, 45: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 9, 1, where candidum = s.ing white.
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1. ēlūceo, xi, 2 (both lit. and fig.): a circle s.ing out among the flames, inter flammas circulus elucens, Cic. Rep. 6, 16. Fig.: already the spark of genius shone forth in the youth, scintilla ingenii jam elucebat in puero, Cic. Rep. 2, 21.
2. ēnĭteo, 2 (both lit. and fig.): the myrtle s.s forth with flowery branch-*lets, myrtus floridis ramulis e., Cat. 61, 21: so much grace s.s forth from her lovely face, tantum egregio decus e. ore, Virg. Aen. 4, 150. Fig.: Demosthenes shone forth in those speeches which are called "the Philippics," in iis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituit Demosthenes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 2: valour shone forth in war, virtus in bello enituit, id. Mur. 14, ad fin. Incept. ēnĭtesco, tui, 3 (both lit. and fig.): thou shinest forth fairer by far, etc., enitescis pulchrior multo, etc., Hor. Od. 2, 8, 6: Quint. Fig.: (he eagerly desired a new war) where valour could s. forth, ubi virtus e. posset, Sall. C. 54, fin.
3. fulgeo, 2 (rarely fig.): even in youth his excellent disposition shone forth, fulgebat jam in adolescentulo indoles virtutis, Nep. Eum. 1, med. More precisely, comp.: effulgeo, 2 (both lit. and fig.). a new light shone forth from the eyes, nova lux oculis effulsit, Virg. Aen. 9, 731. Fig.: Philip and Alexander the Great shone forth in war, in bello Philippus ac Magnus Alexander effulgebant, Liv. 45, 7.
4. exsplendesco, dui, 3, incep. (only fig.): he began to s. forth more brilliantly than his schoolfellows could patiently bear, clarius exsplendescebat quam condiscipuli aequo animo ferre possent, Nep. Att. 1, fin.: from his very childhood the gifts of mind and body began to s. forth, in puero statim corporis animique dotes exsplenduerunt, Suet. Tit. 3.
5. pellūceo and perlūceo, 2 (in this sense only fig.): the good and beautiful s.s forth from the virtues I have named, honestum decorumque ex iis, quas commemoravi, virtutibus p., Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32: the character of the speaker s.s forth (