brilliancy Copy link Outline 1. splendor2. nĭtor (v. BRIGHTNESS, 2)3. lūmen, ĭnis, n. (only in fig. sense, of lustre of style) • brilliancy: 1. splendor: the b. of flame, s. flammae, Ov.: the b. of silver, s. argenti, Hor. Fig.: all the b. and splendour of these things, harum rerum s. omnis et amplitudo, Cic. 2. nĭtor (v. brightness, 2): the b. of a mirror, n. speculi, Plin. Fig.: b. of style, n. orationis, Cic.: b. of figurative language, translationum n., Quint.: to show b. (in writing), n. uti, Auct. Dial. de Or. 3. lūmen, ĭnis, n. (only in fig. sense, of lustre of style): b. of eloquence, l. eloquentiae, Cic.: things that add b. to style, lumina sententiarum, Quint.