lucebit
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quidem edepol haud multo post luce lucebit. Phaed. Tace. Pal. Quid, taceam? quin tu is dormitum? Phaed. Dormio..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ille dies, quo campus et arbor et omnis Lucebit Latia culta fenestra nuru? Quando morae dulces longusque..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...faciem frigora parcius, haec solem facies rarius appetat: lucebit Pario marmore clarius. quam grata est facies torua uiriliter..."