effulgeo

ĕf-fulgĕo, si, 2 ( inf. effulgĕre, Verg. A. 8, 677; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 546), v. n., to shine or gleam forth, to glitter (not anteAug.).

I.

Lit.:

nova lux oculis effulsit,

Verg. A. 9, 731; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 28, 15; 41, 21:

auro Ductores longe effulgent,

Verg. A. 5, 133; cf.:

auro (fluctus),

id. ib. 8, 677:

nimbo (Pallas),

id. ib. 2, 616 (Forbig. ad loc.;

Rib. and Lad. limbo): veste nivea (sacerdos),

Sil. 3, 695:

ornatu,

Tac. A. 13, 13:

sol,

Vulg. Sirach, 50, 7.—

II.

Trop.:

omnis Graeciae fabulositas ex hoc primum sinu effulsit,

Plin. H. N. 4 init.; Liv. 45, 7:

audacia aut insignibus effulgens,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

sensus aliquis argută et brevi sententiă,

id. Or. 20; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 5.