light (v.) Copy link Outline I. To set light toII. To furnish with light • light (v.): I. To set light to: accendo, di, sum, 3: to l. a lamp, lucernam a., Phaedr. 3, 19, 4: Cic. II. To furnish with light: illustro, 1: a dungeon l.'d by narrow windows, ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris, Col. 1, 6, init. Phr.: the hall was l.'d with lamps, *atrium lucernis accensis factum est illustre; in atrio lucem praebebant lucernae, lychnuchi, funalia (v. lamp): the Campus was l.'d up with torches, collucebant per Campum faces, Tac. A. 3, 4.