I. To shine or give light before; to hold or carry a light before, to light.
A. Lit.
2. Of the light itself: “praeluxere faces,” Mart. 12, 42, 3: “ne ignis noster praeluceat facinori,” Phaedr. 4, 11, 9.—
B. Trop.
1. 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.—
2. In partic., to shine brighter, to outshine, surpass: “nullus sinus Baiis praelucet,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 83.—*
II. To shine very much, shine brightly: “baculum praelucet,” Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.