luceat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →luceo, lucere, luxi, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shine, emit light (heavenly body); dawn; cause to shine; be clear/evident;; sparkle/glitter/shine w/reflected light; be conspicuous in merit, excel;; be bright/resplendent; be visible, show up; [lucet => it is (becoming) light];
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...facta luto. CIX Calices gemmati. Gemmatum Scythicis ut luceat ignibus aurum, Aspice. Quot digitos exuit iste calix..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...niueis ornetur ripa ministris et Ganymedeo luceat unda choro, quid facit Alcides silua sacratus in ista? Tam uicina..."ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...profundum et demerso in tenebras orbi refulsit, semper luceat! Hic Germaniam pacet, Britanniam aperiat, et patrios triumphos ducat..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...uoluntas nostra non lateat, sed aperiatur et luceat. Verba cessent licet: si, quemadmodum debemus, adfecti sumus, conscientia eminebit..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sinemus trahi, ut "lucus" quia umbra opacus parum luceat, et "ludus" quia sit longissime a lusu, et "Ditis..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...primos ueluti modo comminus ictus sustulerint omnisque etiamnum luceat ensis. eminet Oenides: quamuis et harundine certa Parthenopaeus agat..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...gemino considite cornu, Oebalii fratres; vobis pontusque polusque, luceat; Iliacae longe nimbosa sororis astra fugate, precor, totoque excludite..."