light (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Not darkII. Of colours, opp. to sombre, darkIII. Not heavyIV. Of food, easy of digestionV. Of soil; opp. to stiff, heavyVI. Fig. • light (adj.): I. Not dark: illustris, e (of rooms, places, etc.): Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95 (illustria domicilia): Col. Phr.: to become l., lūcescit (-iscit), 3: as it began to grow l. (as day dawned), quum lucisceret, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, med.: Liv. Comp. dilucescit (to begin to grow l.): Cic. Cat. 3, 3, init.: Liv. See also bright. II. Of colours, opp. to sombre, dark: perh. candĭdus (of a bright white): v. fair (I.), white. Sometimes dilutus (opp. to satur, full or deep in hue) may serve: e. g., a l. red, dilutus rubor, Plin. 22, 22, 46: Cels.: also pallidus, albus, albidus: v. pale, white, whitish. III. Not heavy: lĕvis, e (both lit. and fig.): Cic.: Hor.: Virg. IV. Of food, easy of digestion: lĕvis (opp. to gravis): Cels. 2, 18, med.: Hor. (= facilis ad concoquendum). V. Of soil; opp. to stiff, heavy: rĕsŏlūtus, sŏlūtus (opp. to spissus, densus): Col. 2, 2. VI. Fig.: free and gay: v. trifling, frivolous. See also foll. artt.