gleam (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. fulgor (any bright shining)2. rădius3. aura (rare)II. Fig. • gleam (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. fulgor (any bright shining): tremulous g. (of eyes), tremulus f., Ov. A. A. 2, 721. 2. rădius: v. ray. 3. aura (rare): the g. of the gold (golden bough), auri a., Virg. Aen. 6, 204. Phr.: mid fitful g.s of moonlight, per incertam lunam, Virg. Aen. 6, 270. II. Fig.: of hope, joy, etc.: Phr.: a slight g. (gale, breath) of hope, levis aura spei, Liv. 42, 39, init.: I yet cheered myself with this g. of hope, hac tamen oblectabar spēcula, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, ad fin.: simly., aliquid speculae, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: the city seemed to catch a g. (of hope and joy), lux quaedam affulsisse visa est, Liv. 9, 10, init.: cf. id. 27, 28, ad fin., Magoni prima spes, morte nuntiata Marcelli affulsit.
gleam (v.) Copy link Outline 1. rădio, 1 (to emit rays of light)2. nĭteo, 2 (to emit a steady reflected light)3. cŏrusco, 14. mĭco, 15. fulgeo, 2 • gleam (v.): 1. rădio, 1 (to emit rays of light): cats' eyes flash and g. in the dark, felium in tenebris fulgent r.que oculi, Plin. 11, 37, 55. Esp. in pres. part.: g.ing arms, radiantia arma, Virg.: Ov. A dep. form occurs: the temples g. with gold, templa auro radiantur, Auct. Dial. Or. 20, extr. 2. nĭteo, 2 (to emit a steady reflected light): a thousand different hues g. (in the rainbow), diversi n. mille colores, Ov. Met. 6, 65: to gleam with marble, marmore n., Auct. Dial. Or. 20, extr.: v. to shine. In sim. sense, rĕnīdeo, 2 (to cast back a gleam): Hor. Od. 2, 18, 1: Lucr.: Virg. 3. cŏrusco, 1: v. to glitter. 4. mĭco, 1: the sky g.s with fires, m. ignibus aether, Virg.: Liv.: v. to glitter. 5. fulgeo, 2: v. to flash.
GLEAM Copy link • GLEAM 1. s. fulgor: splendor: nitor [SYN. in BRIGHT]: lux (a gleam of light). IMPROPR., A gleam of hope; Vid: “GLIMPSE of hope. “ 2. v. fulgere: splendere: nitere: coruscare: lucere [SYN. in BRIGHT]: micare (e.g., of swords, eyes, etc.). Gleaming swords, gladii micantes. ☞ Coruscus, poetical. Vid: To GLARE.