lighten Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To illumineII. To make less heavy1. lĕvo, 1 (esp. fig.)2. exŏnĕro, 1 (to unburden)B. Intrans. of lightning1. fulgŭrat, 12. fulgeo, si, 2; also, fulgo, 33. fulmĭno, 1 (to strike with lightning) • lighten: A. Trans.: I. To illumine: illustro, collustro: v. to illumine. II. To make less heavy: 1. lĕvo, 1 (esp. fig.): to l. a journey by conversation, viam sermone l., Virg. Aen. 8, 309: to l. cares, molestias l., Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: v. to relieve. 2. exŏnĕro, 1 (to unburden): to l. a vessel by throwing part of the cargo overboard, navem jactu ex., Sen. Rhet.: for which the more usu. phr. is jacturam facere, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89: in legal lang. more fully, levandae navis gratia jactum mercium facere, Lex. in Dig. 14, 2, 1: also jactum facere, Vulg. Acts xxvii. 18. B. Intrans. of lightning: 1. fulgŭrat, 1: Plin. 2, 54, 55: Sen. Also as verb pers., with Jupiter as subject: e. g. Jove fulgurante, tonante, Augur. phr. in Cic. Div. 2, 18, 42. Fig.: of an orator: to l. and thunder, f. ac tonare, Quint. 2, 16, extr. 2. fulgeo, si, 2; also, fulgo, 3: if it l. or thunder, si fulserit, si tonuerit, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 149: with Jupiter as subject: e. g. Jove fulgente, tonante, Augur. phr. in Cic. N. D. 2, 25, fin. Fig.: of an orator: fulgere, tonare, Cic. Or. 9, 29. 3. fulmĭno, 1 (to strike with lightning): Sen.: Lact. Also impers. = fulgurat, Virg. G. 1, 370.
LIGHTEN Copy link • LIGHTEN 1. v. INTR., fulgurare; fulgere (PROP. and figuratively); micare, splendere (figuratively, to sparkle, glitter). The swords lightened, micantes fulsere gladii: he seemed not to speak, but to thunder and lighten, non loqui et orare sed fulgurare ac tonare videbatur: the eyes lighten, oculi scintillant. 2. v. TRANS., To give light [Vid. LIGHT, v.] . To make less heavy, levare alicui aliquid or aliquem re: figuratively, to lighten grief, etc.; Vid: ALLEVIATE.