I.to shine through, shine forth, be visible; to be seen through, to be transparent, pellucid (class.).
I. Lit.: “ita is pellucet, quasi laterna Punica,” Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 29: “tenuis ac perlucens aether,” Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54: “amethysti perlucent omnes violaceo colore,” Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 122: “perlucens amictus,” Ov. M. 4, 313: “Cretice, pelluces,” i. e. you wear a transparent Cretan garment, Juv. 2, 78: “perlucens toga,” Sen. Ep. 114; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 50: “perlucens avena,” i. e. with many holes, Tib. 3, 4, 71: “perlucens ruina,” Juv. 11, 13: “pellucet omnis regia (because the walls are fallen down),” Sen. Her. Fur. 1001.—
II. Trop., to shine through or forth, to appear; to be transparent, clear, intelligible: “illud ipsum quod honestum decorumque dicimus quasi perlucet ex eis, quas commemoravi, virtutibus,” Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32: “pellucens oratio,” id. Brut. 79, 274: “mores dicentis ex oratione pelluceant,” Quint. 6, 2, 13: “perlucet omne regiae vitium domus,” is apparent, Sen. Agam. 148.
