lustre Copy link Outline I. Brightness, splendourII. Fig.1. splendor2. fulgor (late)III. A chandelier ornamented with drops or pendents of cut glassIV. A space of five years • lustre: I. Brightness, splendour: nĭtor, splendor: v. brightness, brilliancy. II. Fig.: 1. splendor: the l. and antiquity of family, s. et vetustas familiae, Suet. Vesp. 1: the l. of birth and hereditary property, et natalium et paternarum facultatum s., Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 5: the l. and glory of the senate, senatus s. et gloria, Tac. H. 1, 84: the l. of the most distinguished men, summorum hominum s., Cic. de Or. 1, 45, fin.: men of the greatest l., homines summo splendore praediti, id. Clu. 69, fin.: the l. of the name, nominis s.: id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: the l. of empire, imperii s., id. Man. 14, 41: the l. of mind and life, animi et vitae s., Cic. Rep. 2, 42. (Note.--The word splendor is particularly applied by Cicero to the lustre of the equestrian rank: equestris splendor, Cic. Ros. Am. 48, 140.) 2. fulgor (late): the l. of his ancestors, avitus f., Vell. 2, 4: the l. of renown, nominis et famae f., Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 39: the l. of his exploits, f. rerum, Plin. 7, 26, 27. Phr.: (a man) without the l. of birth, sine ullis majorum imaginibus, Suet. Vesp. 1 (on this usage of imago, v. Lat. Dict. s. v.): to shed l. upon: illustro, 1: to shed l. on one's family, familiam illustrare, Suet. Gal. 3: to derive l. from, splendesco, 3: there is nothing so rude as not to derive l. from oratory, nihil est tam incultum quod non splendescat oratione, Cic. Parad. prooem. § 3. III. A chandelier ornamented with drops or pendents of cut glass: perh. lychnus: Virg. Aen. 1, 726 lychnus pendens, Lucr. 5, 296: or, lychnūchus pensilis, Plin. 34, 3, 8. IV. A space of five years: lustrum: Liv. Hor.