luculentus
οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lūcŭlentus: a, um, adj. lux,
I full of light, bright, splendid.
I Lit.: vestibulum et ambulacrum, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 132: camino luculento uti, i. e. brightly burning, having a good fire in it, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2.—
II Trop.
A Distinguished, excellent of its kind: luculenta et festiva femina, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 2: facinus, id. Men. 1, 2, 32: forma, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 12: legio luculentissima, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3: verba luculentiora, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1: scriptor, id. ib. 7, 17, 2: oratio, perspicuous, fine, Sall. C. 31: plaga, great, serious, Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17: navigia, id. Att. 16, 4, 4.—
B Respectable, considerable, rich: divitiae, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 33: familia, id. Cist. 2, 3, 17: magna et luculenta hereditas, id. Truc. 2, 3, 24: condicio, id. Mil. 4, 1, 6: lucrum homines luculentos reddidit, id. Capt. 2, 7, 76: patrimonium, Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 19.—
C Clear, satisfactorily proved: est luculenta res Aureliani indiciis, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 4.—
D Lucky, fortunate: dies, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 5.—
E Trustworthy: auctores, Cic. Att. 10, 14, 2: homo, id. ib. 2, 12, 4: scriptor, id. Brut. 26, 102: constantia, Just. Inst. prooem. 2.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lūcŭlentē and lūcŭlenter, splendidly, excellently, well.
1 Form lūcŭlentē: eamus intro huc ad te, et hunc hodie diem luculente habeamus, in jollity, merrily, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 55: vendere, to advantage, id. Merc. 2, 3, 88: luculente scripserunt, Cic. Brut. 19, 76; so id. Off. 3, 28, 102; id. Att. 14, 21, 1: calefacere aliquem, to give one a thorough warming, i. e. beating, id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.—
2 Form lūcŭ-lenter: hoc quidem sane luculenter, very well said, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60 (al. luculente): Graece luculenter scire, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: opus texere, id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lūcŭlentus,¹⁴ a, um (lux),
1 brillant, lumineux : Pl. Most. 818 ; Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2
2 [fig.] distingué, qui frappe le regard, de bel aspect : Pl. Mil. 958 ; Ter. Haut. 523 || qui fait impression, important : [en parl. de fortune] Pl. Rud. 1320 ; Cic. Phil. 12, 19 ; Att. 4, 16, 4 || luculenta plaga Cic. Phil. 7, 17, blessure d’importance, belle blessure, cf. Att. 16, 4, 4 ; 10, 12, 6 ; [en parl. de discours, de témoignages] qui a de l’autorité, du poids (par la netteté) : verba luculentiora Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1, paroles plus nettes, plus précises ; cf. Att. 10, 14, 2 ; 10, 12, 2 ; Sall. C. 31, 6.
