SHINE Copy link • SHINE 1. s. claritas: splendor: nitor: candor: fulgor. SYN. in BRIGHTNESS. 2. v. PROP., splendere: fulgere: nitere [SYN. in SPLENDOR]: micare (to sparkle, twinkle; of bodies well shoot forth beams suddenly at intervals): ☞ rutilare (to shine with a gold color). radiare (to beam, cast beams): coruscare (to dart forth; of flames) and candere (to shine brightly) are only poetic: to shine with ivory and gold, ebore et auro fulgere. Figuratively, splendere (to make a show): fulgere (to shine forth, in anybody, in aliquo, of good qualities): nitere (to be illustrious; e.g., recenti gloria): enitere or elucere (to be conspicuous; e.g., in bello, in foro; of persons and things, as virtues, etc.); by anything, aliqua re. To endeavor to shine with anything, se ostentare (especially externally, and in speech): honoris or gloriae cupidum esse (to strive after honor and glory).