colluceo

col-lūcĕo ( conl- ), ēre, v. n., to give light on every side, to shine brightly, to be wholly illuminated, to be bright or brilliant (class. in prose and poetry; not in Hor.).

I.

Prop.

(α).

Absol.:

sol, qui tam longe lateque colluceat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40:

caelum conlucet omnibus,

id. Univ. 9 med.: taeda per undas, * Lucr. 6, 883:

collucent ignes,

Verg. A. 9, 166; so,

faces,

id. ib. 4, 567; Curt. 3, 8, 22:

per campum,

Tac. A. 3, 4:

lampades undique,

Ov. H. 14, 25:

pocula,

Cat. 64, 45:

plumae ignium modo,

Plin. 10, 47, 67, § 132.—

(β).

With abl.:

candelabri fulgore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71:

ignibus aedes,

Ov. M. 4, 403:

moenia flammis,

Verg. A. 5, 4; Liv. 38, 6, 2:

castra fulgore ignis,

Curt. 3, 3, 3:

polus ignibus,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 89:

omnia luminibus,

Liv. 24, 21, 9:

totus veste atque insignibus armis,

Verg. A. 10, 539.—

(γ).

Ab aliquā re (cf. ab, II.):

(mare), quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105.—

II.

Trop., to shine, be resplendent:

vidi collucere omnia furtis tuis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

collucent floribus agri,

Ov. F. 5, 363; cf. Col. 3, 21, 3; 10, 293.