illustrious Copy link Outline 1. illustro, 1 (somewhat rare in this sense)2. clāro, 1 (poet.)3. nōbĭlĭto, 1 (to render well-known, shed distinction upon) • illustrious, to make: 1. illustro, 1 (somewhat rare in this sense): Servius Galba of consular rank rendered the family i., familiam illustravit Ser. Galba consularis, Suet. 3: cf. Cic. Arch. 9, 21, qui libri etiam P. R. nomen illustrant (shed distinction upon it). 2. clāro, 1 (poet.): him no Isthmian toil shall render i., illum non labor Isthmius clarabit, Hor. Od. 4, 3, 4. 3. nōbĭlĭto, 1 (to render well-known, shed distinction upon): by that statue he rendered Cnidus i., illo signo Cnidum nobilitavit, Plin. (Or expr. by circuml.: he was the first to render his family i., by attaining to the consulate, *primus familiam suam nobilem reddidit, consularem dignitatem adeptus.)