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splendesco (
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.—
II. Trop.: “nihil est tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione, Cic. Par. prooem. § 3: canorum illud in voce splendescit etiam in senectute,” id. Sen. 9, 28: “nec jam splendescit (opus) lima, sed atteritur,” Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 3.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.177
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.46
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.11.3
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 691
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 9
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.10
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