gleam (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. fulgor (any bright shining)2. rădius3. aura (rare)II. Fig. • gleam (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. fulgor (any bright shining): tremulous g. (of eyes), tremulus f., Ov. A. A. 2, 721. 2. rădius: v. ray. 3. aura (rare): the g. of the gold (golden bough), auri a., Virg. Aen. 6, 204. Phr.: mid fitful g.s of moonlight, per incertam lunam, Virg. Aen. 6, 270. II. Fig.: of hope, joy, etc.: Phr.: a slight g. (gale, breath) of hope, levis aura spei, Liv. 42, 39, init.: I yet cheered myself with this g. of hope, hac tamen oblectabar spēcula, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, ad fin.: simly., aliquid speculae, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: the city seemed to catch a g. (of hope and joy), lux quaedam affulsisse visa est, Liv. 9, 10, init.: cf. id. 27, 28, ad fin., Magoni prima spes, morte nuntiata Marcelli affulsit.