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trans-lūcĕo or trālūcĕo , ēre, v. n. *
I. To shine across: “speculo in speculum translucet imago,” Lucr. 4, 332. —
II. To shine through, show through; to let shine through, to be transparent or translucent: “ille ... In liquidis translucet aquis,” Ov. M. 4, 354: “selenitis ex candido translucet melleo fulgore,” Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181: “per raritatem (pontium) translucentibus fluviis,” id. 8, 43, 68, § 169: “translucens fissura,” id. 17, 14, 24, § 104; Col. 4, 29, 9.
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 (4):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.354
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.332
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.104
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.29.9
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