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lūcĭdus , a, um, adj. lux,
I.containing light, full of light, clear, bright, shining (syn.: luminosus, luculentus; as an adj. not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “aër,Lucr. 4, 315: “sidera,Hor. C. 1, 3, 2: “gemma,Ov. H. 15, 74: “amnis,Quint. 12, 10, 60: “concha,Tib. 2, 4, 30: “lucidior domus,Ov. F. 1, 94: “lucidissima stella,Vitr. 9, 6: “saxa,Stat. S. 3, 3, 200 (Queck, dulcia): “quid lucidius sole?Vulg. Sir. 17, 30.—
B. Transf., brilliant, bright, beautiful, transparent, shining, white, etc.: “Alcyone,Ov. H. 19, 133: “ovis,Tib. 2, 1, 62: “sedes deorum,Hor. C. 3, 3, 33: “vestis,Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 59 (better tralucido).—
II. Trop.
A. Full of light, i. e. of truth and purity: “totum corpus tuum lucidum erit,Vulg. Luc. 11, 34.—
B. Clear, perspicuous, luminous, lucid (of speech, or of orators; a favorite expression with Quintilian); “neque refert, an pro lucida (narratione) perspicuam dicamus,Quint. 4, 2, 31: “propositio aperta et lucida,id. 4, 5, 26: “manifesta et lucida ratio,id. 4, 5, 3: “ordo,Hor. A. P. 41.—Comp.: “res lucidior,Quint. 7, 3, 21: “causa,id. 4, 4, 4; 4, 2, 83; 4, 5, 1; “2, 3, 8: lucidior via,id. 3, 11, 23.—Transf., of orators, Quint. 12, 10, 21: “lucidior auctor,id. 10, 1, 74.—Hence, adv.: lūcĭdē .
A. Clearly, plainly, distinctly (mostly of speech): lucide verbum definire, *Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 108: “lucide dicentium,Quint. 8, 3, 1.—Comp.: “quo lucidius intellegi possit haec exceptio,Dig. 44, 4, 1.—Sup.: “sic ostendit lucidissime causam,Quint. 4, 5, 12.—
B. Gloriously (see lucidus, B.): “lucidius tranquilliusque inter divina mansurus,Sen. Ep. 71, 16.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (22):
    • New Testament, Luke, 11.34
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 41
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.6
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.25
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.315
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.59
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 11.23
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.83
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 4.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 5.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 5.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 5.26
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 5.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 3.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.74
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.60
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.21
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 71.16
    • Statius, Silvae, 3.3
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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