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|lshtext=<b>cŏrusco</b>: āre, v. a. and n. (the [[access]]. form [[conisco]] is [[found]] in [[some]] copies of Lucr. 2, 320, and Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21) [[root]] [[scar]]-, to [[leap]]; Gr. [[σκαίρω]]>; cf. also [[κορύσσω]]>; v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v.].<br /><b>I</b> To [[thrust]] or [[push]] [[with]] the horns ([[very]] [[rare]]): agni ludunt blandeque coruscant, Lucr. 2, 320: frontem, Juv. 12, 6: [[caput]] opponis cum eo coruscans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[move]] [[quickly]], to [[vibrate]], [[shake]], [[brandish]], [[wave]], [[tremble]], etc. ([[poet]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Act.: duo Gaesa manu, Verg. A. 8, 661: hastam, id. ib. 12, 431: [[telum]], id. ib. 12, 887; Sil. 1, 434: [[ferrum]], Val. Fl. 2, 228 al.: linguas (colubrae), Ov. M. 4, 494: alternos apices (flammae), Stat. Th. 12, 432.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr., to [[flit]], [[flutter]], [[shake]]: apes pennis coruscant, Verg. G. 4, 73: [[abies]], trembles, Juv. 3, 254.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of the [[tremulous]] [[motion]] of [[fire]], [[lightning]], or [[brilliant]] bodies, to [[flash]], [[glitter]], [[gleam]], [[coruscate]]: [[flamma]] [[inter]] [[nubes]] coruscat, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: elucent aliae (apes) et fulgore coruscant, Verg. G. 4, 98: [[Juppiter]] arce, Val. Fl. 5, 304: telisque [[salum]] facibusque coruscat, id. 1, 703: coruscans [[clipeus]], Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 29 al.