gleam (v.) Copy link Outline 1. rădio, 1 (to emit rays of light)2. nĭteo, 2 (to emit a steady reflected light)3. cŏrusco, 14. mĭco, 15. fulgeo, 2 • gleam (v.): 1. rădio, 1 (to emit rays of light): cats' eyes flash and g. in the dark, felium in tenebris fulgent r.que oculi, Plin. 11, 37, 55. Esp. in pres. part.: g.ing arms, radiantia arma, Virg.: Ov. A dep. form occurs: the temples g. with gold, templa auro radiantur, Auct. Dial. Or. 20, extr. 2. nĭteo, 2 (to emit a steady reflected light): a thousand different hues g. (in the rainbow), diversi n. mille colores, Ov. Met. 6, 65: to gleam with marble, marmore n., Auct. Dial. Or. 20, extr.: v. to shine. In sim. sense, rĕnīdeo, 2 (to cast back a gleam): Hor. Od. 2, 18, 1: Lucr.: Virg. 3. cŏrusco, 1: v. to glitter. 4. mĭco, 1: the sky g.s with fires, m. ignibus aether, Virg.: Liv.: v. to glitter. 5. fulgeo, 2: v. to flash.