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
- T
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..." - T
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..." - L
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..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potiorem habuisset, et Petillii uexati sunt probris, quod splendere aliena inuidia uoluissent et spolia ex Africani triumpho peterent..."