splendere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →splendeo, splendere, splendui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shine/gleam/glitter, be bright/radiant/resplendent (white/color)/distinguished;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quae cum concreta videbant posterius claro in terra splendere colore, tollebant nitido capti levique lepore, et simili formata..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...accipere et consessum cernere eundem scenaique simul varios splendere decores. usque adeo magni refert studium atque voluntas..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...arcula prolata uestis, non ponderibus ac mille tormentis splendere cogentibus expressa, sed domestica et uilis, nec seruata..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potiorem habuisset, et Petillii uexati sunt probris, quod splendere aliena inuidia uoluissent et spolia ex Africani triumpho peterent..."