A.brilliancy, splendour, “λ. καὶ τάξις τοῦ στρατεύματος” X.An.1.2.18; of a horse, Id.Eq.11.9; of arms, Plb.11.9.1, Arr.An.1.14.4.
2. clearness, distinctness, Plu.Phil.11.
II. metaph., brilliancy, splendour, Hdt.2.101; “ἡ παραυτίκα λ.” Th.2.64, cf. 7.69; “ἀπὸ οἵας λαμπρότητος . . ἐς οἵαν . . τελευτὴν ἀφῖκτο” Id.7.75, cf. 6.31: pl., distinctions, “τιμαὶ καὶ λ.” Id.4.62; ἔν τινος λαμπρότητι in distinction for a thing, Id.6.16; “λ. τῶν πράξεων” D.S.16.66, cf. Arr. An.2.7.7.
2. munificence, D.21.158.
3. brilliancy of style, Plu. 2.25b; λαμπρότητες τοῦ λόγου, Lat. lumina orationis, Philostr.VS 1.23.2.