iblumino

illūmĭno ( inl- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-lumino], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; cf. illustro).

I.

A.. Lit.:

luna illuminata a sole,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

puteum (sole),

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183:

tabulata gallinarum parvis fenestellis,

Col. 8, 3, 3:

vias igni,

Stat. Th. 12, 575.—

B.

Transf., to embellish or adorn with any thing bright:

corona aurea fulgentibus gemmis illuminata,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; Lampr. Comm. 17:

purpura omnem vestem illuminat,

Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127.—

II.

Trop., to set in a clear light, to set off, make conspicuous (esp. freq. in rhetor. lang. of brilliant oratory):

translatum, quod maxime tamquam stellis quibusdam notat et illuminat orationem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 170; cf. id. Or. 25, 83:

orationem sententiis,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 208:

orationem translatorum nitore,

Quint. 12, 10, 36:

pulchritudinem rerum (claritas orationis),

id. 2, 16, 10; 8, 3, 73:

horum fidem Mitylenaeorum perfidia illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 18, 3:

nisi Thebas unum os Pindari illuminaret,

made illustrious, id. 1, 18, 3:

illuminata sapientia,

Cic. Brut. 58, 213.—Hence, * illūmĭnātē ( inl- ), adv., clearly, luminously:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.