I.to shine out, shine forth (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense and in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “inter flammas circulus elucens,” Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Poet., of the golden glittering of bees, Verg. G. 4, 98: “illa flamma, quae ex L. Marcii capite eluxit,” Val. Max. 1, 6, 2.—
II. Trop., to shine out, show itself; to be apparent, manifest (cf.: “appareo, exsisto, effero): scintilla ingenii jam tum elucebat in puero,” Cic. Rep. 2, 21; cf. id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Off. 1, 29, 103; 1, 28, 98; id. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Or. 40 fin.; Quint. 1, 1, 2; 8, 6, 4 al.: “ex quo elucebit omnis constantia,” Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Part. 12: “Haec (benevolentia) magis elucet inter aequales,” id. Lael. 27, 101; id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; id. Lael. 14; id. Rosc. Am. 31: “argumentum prius est enarrandum, quo ratio eluceat,” Lact. 7, 14, 6; Nep. Paus. 1, 6, 2; Lucr. 2, 1051 al.
