collustro

col-lustro ( conl- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lighten on all sides, to illumine, brighten (rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).

I.

Prop.:

sol omnia clarissimā luce collustrans,

Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 92; id. Div. 2, 43, 91; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (al. lustret).—

* B.

Transf.: collustrata in picturis, the brilliantly colored, bright (opp. opaca), Cic. Or. 11, 36.—

II.

Trop., to consider a thing on all sides, to inspect, survey: omnia oculis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65:

omnia,

Verg. A. 3, 651:

cuncta,

Tac. A. 2, 45.