perlucidus

per-lūcidus (in Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. auch pellūcidus), a, um, durchsichtig, membranae, Cic.: calices, Fronto: vitrum, Vulg.: cur sal aliud perlucidum aliud inquinatum aut nigrum? Fabian. fr.: di perlucidi et perflabiles, Cic.: homo, der ein durchsichtiges, feines Kleid anhat, Sen.: fides perlucidior vitro, Hor. – übtr., illustris et perlucida stella, heller u. ganz klarer (Ggstz. obscurior et quasi caliginosa stella), Cic. de div. 1, 130.

perlucidus [CL] 1 (very) bright or shining, radiant (w. ref. to emitting or reflecting light). spiritalis luminis lampadem ~am (Miss. New Minster f. 102) HBS XCIII 104; facies suas vitreo quodam unguento liniebant unde et easdem tam luridas habebant et ~as, ut ‥ Gir. DK I 11 p. 186; tamquam lucernam ~am super candelabrum ponentes J. Furness Walth. 20; s1264 cometes ‥ versus occidentem comam ~am protrahebat Meaux II 124; mercurius ascendet ‥ ad culmen vasis et ibi se colligit in massam duram et pellucidam ad instar aluminis de rupe Ripley 207. 2 able to transmit light, (very) translucent or pellucid. omnique cristallo et vitro erunt ~iora omnia Gosc. Lib. Confort. 110; valli mons prominet ‥ quasi congelato vitro totus ~us ubi colligitur quod quidam nitrum quidam salis gemmam vocant W. Malm. GR IV 377. 3 (fig.) bright, splendid, excellent: a (of person); b (of artefact). a vidit ‥ virginem, inestimabili decore ~am Gosc. Transl. Mild. 20.  b vidit tria feretra perpulcra, ~a, cuncta terrena tranantia J. Furness Walth. 99. 4 (very) clear to the perception or understanding, very clearly or eloquently expressed. in quibus ‥ omnibus patet allegoriae sensus ~us Bede Tab. 434; in qua pagina ~us ille tractatus subscribitur Adel. ED 21. 5 (of eye) able to see very clearly. accipitres ‥ quorum primum genus est corpore magnum, domabile multum, oculis variis ~is ‥ Upton 188.

per-lūcidus (pellu-) adj.

• with comp, transparent, pellucid: pulvinus: membrana: fons, O.: Arcanique fides prodiga perlucidior vitro, H.— Extremely bright: stella.