dawn (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. aurōra (chiefly poet., and often used personally of the goddess so called2. [prima] lux, lūcis, f.3. dīlūcŭlum (strictly a dimin., hence early dawn) • dawn (subs.): 1. aurōra (chiefly poet., and often used personally of the goddess so called: Virg.: Ov.): at d., ad primam auroram, Liv. 2. [prima] lux, lūcis, f.: at d., (cum) prima luce, Caes.: Cic.: before d., ante lucem, Liv.: Hor. 3. dīlūcŭlum (strictly a dimin., hence early dawn): Ter.: Cic. Phr.: it was not yet d., nondum lucebat, Cic.: before d., anteluculo, Apul.: working before d., industria antelucana, Cic.
dawn (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dīlūcesco, luxi, 32. illūcesco, luxi, 3 • dawn (v.): 1. dīlūcesco, luxi, 3: it was already d.ing, jam dilucescebat, Liv.: believe that every day which d.s is your last, omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum, Hor. 2. illūcesco, luxi, 3: some time or other that day will d., illucescet ille aliquando dies, Cic. Fig.: such fortune hath d'd upon me, mihi talis fortuna affulsit, Liv.: genius was just then d.ing in the lad, scintilla ingenii jam tum elucebat in puero, Cic.
DAWN Copy link • DAWN 1. v. The day or morning dawns, lucescit; illucescit; dilucescit (☞ but not elucescit); lux oritur: the day has dawned, lucet: before the day dawns, antequam lucet: as soon as ever the morning dawns, ubi primum illucescit: as soon as it has dawned, simulatque lucet (or luceat); the morning had not yet dawned, when, etc., nondum lucebat, cum, etc. FIG., To unfold itself, adolescere (advance towards maturity, e.g., ratio, ingenium): ostendere se (show itself): elucere (shine forth): His genius is beginning to dawn, scintilla ingenii jam elucet in puero (after Cic., Rep., 2, 21): *ingenium ejus sese ostendit or clarius conspicitur. 2. s. prima lux; diluculum: at dawn, diluculo; prima luce: ubi primum illuxit: ad lucem; luce oriente: called up at the first streak of the dawn, ad primam Auroram excitus.