shine (v.) Copy link Outline 1. lūceo, xi, 2 (gen. term, applicable to any luminous object)2. fulgeo, fulsi, 2 (to s. with a bright flashing radiance)3. splendeo, 2 (to s. brilliantly, as polished objects do)4. nĭteo, 2 (to beam with reflected light)5. mĭco, 16. candeo, ui, 2 (to emit a white light • shine (v.): To emit rays of light; to give forth brightness or splendour: 1. lūceo, xi, 2 (gen. term, applicable to any luminous object): the star was s.ing with a borrowed light, stella luce lucebat aliena, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, fin.: the funeral pile s.s with fire, lucet igne rogus, Ov. H. 11, 104: Phoebus sat on a throne s.ing with brilliant emeralds, sedebat in solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis, id. M. 2, 24. Comps. (1.) collūceo, 2, v. n. (to be all one blaze of light): the sun s.s brightly so far and wide, sol tam longe lateque c., Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: the torches s. brightly on every side, lampades undique c., Ov. H. 14, 25. (2.) rĕlūceo, 2 (to s. back, gleam): the wide waters s. with fire, igni freta lata relucent, Virg. Aen. 2, 312. Incept. lūcesco and lūcisco, luxi, 3 (to begin to s.): the sun begins to s., sol. l., Virg. E. 6, 37: Ov. F. 5, 417. Comp. illūcesco and illūcisco, 3: when on the third day the sun had begun to s., quum tertio die sol illuxisset, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96. 2. fulgeo, fulsi, 2 (to s. with a bright flashing radiance): the moon was s.ing in a calm sky, coelo fulgebat luna sereno, Hor. Epod. 15, 1: marble palaces s.ing with ivory and gold, marmorea tecta ebore et auro fulgentia, Cic. Parad. 1, 3, 13: Saturn's s.ing palace (i. e. the sky) fulgens domus Saturni, Hor. Od. 2, 12, 8. Comps. (1.) affulgeo, 2: v. to shine on. (2.) offulgeo, 2 (to s. against or upon: rare): Virg. Aen. 9, 110: Sil. (3.) rĕfulgeo, 2 (to reflect a light, gleam): the gleam of the gold shone through the boughs, auri refulsit aura per ramos, Virg. Aen. 6, 204 Cic. (poet.). Incept. fulgesco, 3 (to begin to s.: v. rare and late): Firmic. 3. splendeo, 2 (to s. brilliantly, as polished objects do): the sea s.s under the flickering light, s. tremulo sub lumine pontus, Virg. Aen. 7, 9: the ancestral salt-cellar s.s on the meagre table, paternum s. in mensa tenui salinum, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 14. Comp.: resplendeo, 2 (strengthened from simple verb: poet.): Virg.: Sil. Incept. splendesco, dui, 3 (to become bright): the ploughshare (rubbed against the furrow) begins to s., s. vomer, Virg. G. 1, 46: Ov. 4. nĭteo, 2 (to beam with reflected light): to s. with unguents, unguentis n., Cic. Cat. 2, 3: to s. with use, usu n., Ov.: cf. Lucr. 1, 9, nitet diffuso lumine coelum. Comp.: pernĭteo, 2 (to s. very much: v. rare): Mela. Incept. nĭtesco, tui, 3 (to begin to s.): Cic. poet.: Plin. 5. mĭco, 1: v. to glitter, gleam. 6. candeo, ui, 2 (to emit a white light: poet.): ivory s.s on the thrones, c. ebur soliis, Cat. 64, 45: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 9, 1, where candidum = s.ing white.
SHINE Copy link • SHINE 1. s. claritas: splendor: nitor: candor: fulgor. SYN. in BRIGHTNESS. 2. v. PROP., splendere: fulgere: nitere [SYN. in SPLENDOR]: micare (to sparkle, twinkle; of bodies well shoot forth beams suddenly at intervals): ☞ rutilare (to shine with a gold color). radiare (to beam, cast beams): coruscare (to dart forth; of flames) and candere (to shine brightly) are only poetic: to shine with ivory and gold, ebore et auro fulgere. Figuratively, splendere (to make a show): fulgere (to shine forth, in anybody, in aliquo, of good qualities): nitere (to be illustrious; e.g., recenti gloria): enitere or elucere (to be conspicuous; e.g., in bello, in foro; of persons and things, as virtues, etc.); by anything, aliqua re. To endeavor to shine with anything, se ostentare (especially externally, and in speech): honoris or gloriae cupidum esse (to strive after honor and glory).