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ē-nĭtĕo , tŭi, 2, v. n.,
I.to shine forth, shine out, gleam, brighten (class.).
I. Lit.: fruges enitent, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; cf.: “myrtus floridis ramulis,” Cat. 61, 21: “campus,” Verg. G. 2, 211: “caelum,” i. e. to become fine again, clear up, Gell. 19, 1, 7: “tantum egregio decus enitet ore,” Verg. A. 4, 150.—
II. Trop., to shine forth, to be eminent, distinguished (a favorite expression of Cicero): “quod in eis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituerat Demosthenes,” Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Inv. 2, 2, 5; id. de Or. 2, 28 fin.; id. Fl. 7, 17: virtus in bello, id. Mur. 14 fin.; cf. Liv. 1, 42; 4, 3: “oratio Crassi,” Cic. Brut. 59, 215; Liv. 22, 27.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.1.3
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 14
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.150
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.211
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 42
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.5
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 19.1.7
    • Cicero, Brutus, 59.215
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.2
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