adfulgeo

af-fulgĕo (better adf- ), ulsi, 2, v. n., to shine on a thing ( poet., and in the Aug. and post-Aug. histt.).

I.

Lit.:

Non Venus adfulsit, non illā Juppiter horā,

Ov. Ib. 213:

nitenti Adfulsit vultu ridens Venus,

Sil. 7, 467:

instar veris vultus tuus Adfulsit,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 6.—

II.

Fig., to shine, dawn, appear:

defensurum se urbem prima spes adfulsit,

Liv. 27, 28; cf. id. 23, 32:

mihi talis fortuna,

id. 30, 30:

lux civitati,

id. 9, 10:

Cretensibus nihil praesidii,

Val. Max. 7, 6, 1 ext.:

occasio,

Flor. 4, 9 al.