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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ē-nĭtĕo: tŭi, 2, v. n.,
I to shine forth, shine out, gleam, brighten (class.).
I Lit.: fruges enitent, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; cf.: myrtus floridis ramulis, Cat. 61, 21: campus, Verg. G. 2, 211: caelum, i. e. to become fine again, clear up, Gell. 19, 1, 7: tantum egregio decus enitet ore, Verg. A. 4, 150.—
II Trop., to shine forth, to be eminent, distinguished (a favorite expression of Cicero): quod in eis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituerat Demosthenes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Inv. 2, 2, 5; id. de Or. 2, 28 fin.; id. Fl. 7, 17: virtus in bello, id. Mur. 14 fin.; cf. Liv. 1, 42; 4, 3: oratio Crassi, Cic. Brut. 59, 215; Liv. 22, 27.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ēnĭtĕō,¹¹ ŭī, ēre, intr., briller, être brillant : Virg. G. 2, 211 || [fig.] briller, paraître avec éclat, se distinguer, se signaler : Cic. Br. 215 ; Att. 2, 1, 3 ; Liv. 22, 27, 3.