splendesco
splendesco, to become bright, begin to shine, derive lustre
splendesco (perf. dŭi, Aug. Conf. 10, 27), 3, v. inch. n. [splendeo], to become bright or shining, to derive lustre from a thing (rare; in Cic. only in a trop. sense).
- I Lit.: incipiat sulco attritus splendescere vomer, Verg. G. 1, 46: vidimus Aetnaeā caelum splendescere flammā, Ov. P. 2, 10, 23: corpora ... succo pinguis olivi Splendescunt, id. M. 10, 177: gladius usu splendescit, Ap. Flor. 3, p. 357: largo splendescat ignis ture, Sen. Herc. Oet. 691.—
- II Trop.: nihil est tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione, Cic. Par. prooem. § 3: canorum illud in voce splendescit etiam in senectute, id. Sen. 9, 28: nec jam splendescit (opus) lima, sed atteritur, Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 3.
splendēsco (Inchoat. von splendeo), duī, ere (splendeo), glänzend werden, erglänzen, Glanz bekommen, I) eig., Verg. u. Ov. – II) übtr.: nihil est tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione, Cic.: perfectum opus absolutumque est; nec iam splendescit limā, sed atteritur, es kann durch die Feile nicht mehr an Glanz gewinnen, wohl aber verlieren, Plin. ep.
splendēscō, (14) dŭī, ĕre, intr., ¶ 1 devenir brillant, prendre de lʼéclat : Virg. G. 1, 46 ; Ov. P. 2, 10, 23 ; M. 10, 77 ¶ 2 [fig.] Cic. Par. 3 ; CM 28 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 11, 3.
➳ pf. splendui Aug. Conf. 10, 27.
splendēscō —, —, ere, inch.
- splendeo, to become bright, begin to shine, derive lustre: Incipiat sulco attritus splendescere vomer, V.: Corpora . . . succo pinguis olivi Splendescunt, O.— Fig.: oratione.