LUSTRE Copy link • LUSTREBrightness, splendor. PROP., splendor; nitor; fulgor; ardor; radiatio. Livy, of gold or silver, splendor or fulgor auri, argenti: lustre of a precious stone, nitor gemmae. Figuratively, splendor; nitor; fulgor; claritas; dignitas. Livy, of family, of rank, splendor familiae (Suet.), ordinis alicujus (Cic.): lustre of one’s name, exploits, fulgor nominis (Liv.), rerum (Plin.): to give lustre to, lucem afferre alicui rei; illustrare, exornare aliquid. A sconce with lights, lychnuchus pensilis (Plin.) or pendens (Lucr.). The space of five years, lustrum.