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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 8 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• bright:
    1. I. Shining, lustrous:
      1. 1. clārus (the most general term: v. clear): a b. star, c. stella, Cic.: very b. jewels, clarissimae gemmae, Cic.: a wreath b. with gold and gems, c. auro gemmisque corona, Ov. Very b., praeclarus: Lucr.
      2. 2. lūcĭdus (usu. of that which shines with a calm lustre): b. stars, l. sidera, Hor.: Vitr.: a b. gem, l. gemma, Ov. Very b., perlucidus (also pellucidus): a very b. star, p. stella, Cic. (more usu. in sense of transparent: q. v.)
      3. 3. splendĭdus: stronger than lucidus: v. glittering, brilliant.
      4. 4. nĭtĭdus (prop. only of that which is externally bright or beaming): b. ivory, n. ebur, Ov.: b. shining hair, n. caesaries, Virg.: v. gleaming.
      5. 5. candĭdus (bright-white, shining): b. stars, c. stellae, Lucr.: the b. moon, c. luna, Virg.: v. white.
      6. 6. fulgĭdus (flashing: q. v.): Lucr. To the above may be added the participial adjectives, lucens, fulgens, splendens, nitens, candens concerning the difference between which, see to shine, shining. Phr.: b. (lively) eyes, vegeti oculi, Suet. (nitentes oculi in Virg., is rather used with ref. to their shining with tears): to be b., nitēre, fulgēre, splendēre, etc.: v. to shine: to become b., claresco, Tac.: Sen.; splendesco, Virg.: Ov.; nĭtesco, Virg.: Plin.: v. to brighten: to keep a b. fire, luculento uti camino, Cic.
    2. II. Smart, clever: q. v.: perh. făcētus, argūtus.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• BRIGHT
  • clarus (bright by nature: then also of what is clear to the understanding): lucidus (shining with a bright, pure light: opposed to obscurus): pellucidus (transparent; pellucid): illustris (existing in light; of a road, star, etc., Cic., Verr., 3, 94, 219): luminosus (having abundant light): nitidus, nitens (shining beautifully, with pure brightness): splendidus (shining with dazzling, splendid brightness): fulgens (blazing with fiery brightness; e.g., of a comet: opposed to sol nitidus): serenus (calm and cloudless: of bright skies and weather): perspicuus (transparent, of glass, etc.; then evident). Bright eyes, oculi vegeti, micantes, clari, radiantes, ardentes, etc. A fiery-bright comet, cometes fulgens, ardens. A bright constellation, clarum sidus. The sky hecomes bright, disserenascit: at dawn, lucescit, illucescit.
  • Make bright [Vid: BRIGHTEN]. To be bright, clarum, illustrem. etc., esse: clarere, lucere, collucere, nitere, splendere, micare, fulgere. To become bright, clarum, etc., fieri; clarescere, nitescere, splendescere. The brass is bright with use, aera nitent usu. Bright days (figuratively), dies laeti, candidi soles.
  • Illustrious, clarus, splendidus, illustris, magnificus, praeclarus. Bright deeds, magnificae res gestae, facta splendida. A bright name, nomen illustre. To be bright, splendere, fulgere, nitere, enitere, elucere.
  • Beautiful, nitidus, nitens.
  • Acute, ingenious, acutus, perspicax, sollers, ingeniosos. A man of bright parts, homo ingeniosus (et sollers), praestanti ingenio praeditus.