I.to give light on every side, to shine brightly, to be wholly illuminated, to be bright or brilliant (class. in prose and poetry; not in Hor.).
I. Prop.
(α).
Absol.: “sol, qui tam longe lateque colluceat,” Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: “caelum conlucet omnibus,” id. Univ. 9 med.: taeda per undas, * Lucr. 6, 883: “collucent ignes,” Verg. A. 9, 166; so, “faces,” id. ib. 4, 567; Curt. 3, 8, 22: “per campum,” Tac. A. 3, 4: “lampades undique,” Ov. H. 14, 25: “pocula,” Cat. 64, 45: “plumae ignium modo,” Plin. 10, 47, 67, § 132.—
(β).
With abl.: “candelabri fulgore,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71: “ignibus aedes,” Ov. M. 4, 403: “moenia flammis,” Verg. A. 5, 4; Liv. 38, 6, 2: “castra fulgore ignis,” Curt. 3, 3, 3: “polus ignibus,” Stat. S. 1, 6, 89: “omnia luminibus,” Liv. 24, 21, 9: “totus veste atque insignibus armis,” Verg. A. 10, 539.—
(γ).
Ab aliquā re (cf. ab, II.): “(mare), quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,” Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105.—
II. Trop., to shine, be resplendent: “vidi collucere omnia furtis tuis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. N. D. 2, 39, 99: “collucent floribus agri,” Ov. F. 5, 363; cf. Col. 3, 21, 3; 10, 293.