coruscent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →corusco, coruscare, coruscavi, coruscatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brandish/shake/quiver; flash/glitter, emit/reflect intermittent/quivering light;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...gemmantes rore recenti, et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant; omnia quae nobis longe confusa videntur et velut..." 
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...exundant diuiso uertice flammae alternosque apices abrupta luce coruscant. pallidus Eumenidum ueluti commiserit ignes Orcus, uterque minax globus..."- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lactea colla auro innectuntur, duo quisque Alpina coruscant gaesa manu, scutis protecti corpora longis. hic exsultantis Salios nudosque..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...imitata tubarum; tum trepidae inter se coeunt pennisque coruscant spiculaque exacuunt rostris aptantque lacertos et circa regem atque..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...circum pectora lapsae sibila dant saniemque vomunt linguisque coruscant. inde duos mediis abrumpit crinibus angues pestiferaque manu raptos..."