DAWN Copy link • DAWN 1. v. The day or morning dawns, lucescit; illucescit; dilucescit (☞ but not elucescit); lux oritur: the day has dawned, lucet: before the day dawns, antequam lucet: as soon as ever the morning dawns, ubi primum illucescit: as soon as it has dawned, simulatque lucet (or luceat); the morning had not yet dawned, when, etc., nondum lucebat, cum, etc. FIG., To unfold itself, adolescere (advance towards maturity, e.g., ratio, ingenium): ostendere se (show itself): elucere (shine forth): His genius is beginning to dawn, scintilla ingenii jam elucet in puero (after Cic., Rep., 2, 21): *ingenium ejus sese ostendit or clarius conspicitur. 2. s. prima lux; diluculum: at dawn, diluculo; prima luce: ubi primum illuxit: ad lucem; luce oriente: called up at the first streak of the dawn, ad primam Auroram excitus.