I.to sparkle, glitter, glow, gleam, flash (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. fulguro).
I. Lit.: “templa caeli,” Lucr. 6, 644: “fulgetra,” Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 113: “clipeus ardens,” id. 2, 34, 34, § 100: “testā ardente oleum,” Verg. G. 1, 392: “oculi,” Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 77: “carbunculi contra radios solis,” Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 95: “cristae,” Sil. 7, 593.—
II. Trop.: “scintillavit cruentis Ira genis,” Sil. 9, 562: “tunc Venus et calidi scintillat fervor amoris,” Calp. 5, 22: “cupiditatis ardor, qui scintillet in animis audientium,” Ambros. Psa. 118, Serm. 18, 22.
