I.to shine back, shine out; to blaze, shine, glow, give light (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stella relucet, * Cic. Arat. Fragm. N. D. 2, 42, 107: “flamma reluxit,” Verg. G. 4, 385; cf.: “relucens flamma,” Liv. 22, 17; 30, 6: “olli ingens barba reluxit,” Verg. A. 12, 300; cf.: “vestis fulgore reluxit Sacra domus,” Ov. M. 11, 617: “Sigea igni freta lata relucent,” Verg. A. 2, 312: “piscis lucerna tranquillis noctibus relucet,” Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82: “focus reluxit vivo torre,” Val. Fl. 3, 115: “e Vesuvio flammae relucebant,” Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13; 8, 8, 2: “pro favillā relucenti,” Gell. 17, 10, 18.
rĕ-lūcĕo , xi, 2, v. n.,
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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