illustratur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →illustro, illustrare, illustravi, illustratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
illuminate, light up; give glory; embellish; make clear, elucidate; enlighten;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...appropinquauit: interuallum enim quod inter duas est illustratur ab utraque inflammaturque et longum ignem efficit..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...deberetur, offerres? Tandem ergo nobilitas non obscuratur, sed illustratur a principe: tandem illos ingentium virorum nepotes, illos posteros..."