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perluce

Dictionary entries

  • perluceo, perlucere, perluxi, -:

    Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = transmit/admit/emit light; be transparent; shine through/out; be apparent;

    Entry →
    sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd

Examples

  • M

    Liber X

    Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA

    "...colloque comisquediuitias Cleopatra gerit cultuque laborat. 140candida Sidonio perlucent pectora filo,quod Nilotis acus conpressum pectine Serumsoluit..."
  • D

    Satura II

    Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

    "...multicia testem. acer et indomitus libertatisque magister, Cretice, perluces. dedit hanc contagio labem et dabit in plures, sicut..."
  • L

    Liber I

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES

    "...enim simile speculis habent nubes, cum illa non perluceant, hae transmittant lucem, illa densa et coacta, hae rarae..."
  • M

    Liber XI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...nescio quo modo ex voce etiam atque actione perlucent, aut orationis suavitate constat, persuadendi vis adfirmatione, quae interim..."
  • M

    Liber VI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...rerum hominumque videantur, quo mores dicentis ex oratione perluceant et quodam modo agnoscantur. XIV. Quod est sine dubio..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Sextus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...more Dymas aliique nitescunt. sic ubi tranquillo perlucent sidera ponto uibraturque fretis caeli stellantis imago, omnia clara nitent..."

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