I.to shine forth, shine out, gleam, brighten (class.).
I. Lit.: fruges enitent, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; cf.: “myrtus floridis ramulis,” Cat. 61, 21: “campus,” Verg. G. 2, 211: “caelum,” i. e. to become fine again, clear up, Gell. 19, 1, 7: “tantum egregio decus enitet ore,” Verg. A. 4, 150.—
II. Trop., to shine forth, to be eminent, distinguished (a favorite expression of Cicero): “quod in eis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituerat Demosthenes,” Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Inv. 2, 2, 5; id. de Or. 2, 28 fin.; id. Fl. 7, 17: virtus in bello, id. Mur. 14 fin.; cf. Liv. 1, 42; 4, 3: “oratio Crassi,” Cic. Brut. 59, 215; Liv. 22, 27.
