I.perf. dŭi, Aug. Conf. 10, 27), 3, v. inch. n. [splendeo], to become bright or shining, to derive lustre from a thing (rare; in Cic. only in a trop. sense).
I. Lit.: “incipiat sulco attritus splendescere vomer,” Verg. G. 1, 46: “vidimus Aetnaeā caelum splendescere flammā,” Ov. P. 2, 10, 23: “corpora ... succo pinguis olivi Splendescunt,” id. M. 10, 177: “gladius usu splendescit,” App. Flor. 3, p. 357: “largo splendescat ignis ture,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 691.—