enitesco

ē-nĭtesco, -nitŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to shine forth, shine out, become bright (freq. in the post-Aug. per.).

I.

Lit.:

ut (oculi) in hilaritate enitescant,

Quint. 11, 3, 75.— Poet.:

enitescis pulchrior multo (Barine),

Hor. C. 2, 8, 6.—

II.

Trop., to shine forth, become distinguished:

sibi novum bellum exoptabat, ubi virtus enitescere posset,

Sall. C. 54, 4:

gloria,

Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57; cf. Gell. 17, 21, 33:

facundia,

Quint. 10, 5, 14; cf. Tac. Or. 20:

utque studiis honestis et eloquentiae gloria enitesceret,

id. A. 12, 58:

plebs togā (i. e. pacis artibus),

id. ib. 11, 7.