luceo

Latin > English

luceo lucere, luxi, - V :: shine; be clear; be apparent/conspicuous; get light; [lucet -> it is light]

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lūcĕo: xi, 2, v. n. Sanscr. ruk, to be bright; Gr. λύχνος, λευκός, ἀμφιλύκη; Lat. lux, lumen, lucidus, luna; O. H.-Germ. liŏht; Germ. Licht; cf. also illustris,
I to be light or clear, to shine, beam, glitter (syn.: splendeo, fulgeo).
I Lit.: (lumen) Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 389 Vahl.): tum candida lumina lucent, id. ap. Fest. p. 228 and 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 157 Vahl.): (stella) luce lucebat aliena, Cic. Rep. 4, 16, 16: dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus, Tib. 1, 1, 6: lucet igne rogus, Ov. H. 11, 104: rara per occultos lucebat semita calles, Verg. A. 9, 383: lucet via longo Ordine flammarum, id. ib. 11, 143; cf. Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 17: interior caeli qua semita lucet, Stat. Th. 9, 641: (luminaria) lucent in firmamento caeli, Vulg. Gen. 1, 15: niveo lucet in ore rubor, Ov. Am. 3, 3, 6: lucent oculi, id. M. 1, 239; Val. Fl. 6, 492: cinis in multam noctem pertinaciter luxit, Suet. Tib. 74: virgatis lucent sagulis (sc. Galli), glitter, Verg. A. 8, 660: taedā lucebis in illa, i. e. shall burn, Juv. 1, 155: non amplius erit sol ad lucendum, Vulg. Isa. 60, 19.—In the part. pres.: e rosea sol alte lampade lucens, Lucr. 5, 610; so, globus lunae, Verg. A. 6, 725: faces, Ov. F. 3, 270: sedebat In solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis, id. M. 2, 24: lucerna lucens in caliginoso loco, Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 19.—Poet., with acc.: huic lucebis novae nuptae facem, will light her home with a torch, Plaut. Cas. 1, 30: tute tibi puer es; lautus luces cereum, id. Curc. 1, 1, 9.—
   2    Of the day, daylight, etc., to appear, dawn, become light: an umquam lucebit in orbe ille dies, Sil. 16, 91: lucente jam die, Amm. 21, 15, 2.—
   (b)    Esp., impers.: lucet, lucebat, etc., it is (was) light, it is (was) day, it is dawning: priusquam lucet, adsunt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115: si lucet lucet: lucet autem, lucet igitur, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96: si judicatum erit meridie non lucere, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: nondum lucebat, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: nec satis lucebat: cum autem luceret, etc., id. Att. 16, 13, a, 1: ubi lucere coepisset, id. Div. 1, 23, 47: expergiscere: lucet hoc, it is light, it is day there (in the sky), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 63: hoc ... luce lucebit, id. Curc. 1, 3, 26. —
   B Transf., to shine or show through, to be discernible, visible (poet.): si qua Arabio lucet bombyce puella, Prop. 2, 2, 25 (2, 3, 15): femineum lucet sic per bombycina corpus, Mart. 8, 68, 7: vitalia lucent, are uncovered, Stat. Th. 8, 525.—
II Trop., to shine forth, to be conspicuous, apparent, clear, evident: nunc imperii nostri splendor illis gentibus lucet, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: mea officia et studia, quae parum antea luxerunt, id. Att. 3, 15, 4: cum res ipsa tot, tam claris argumentis luceat, id. Mil. 23, 61: virtus lucet in tenebris, id. Sest. 28, 60: tota oratio lucet, Quint. 8, 5, 29; 9, 1, 19.—Hence, lūcens, entis, P. a., shining, bright, conspicuous: lucentior usus, Mall. Theod. de Metr. 9, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lūcĕō,¹⁰ lūxī, lūcēre (lux), intr.,
1 luire, briller, éclairer [en parl. des astres, du jour, etc.] : Cic. Rep. 6, 16 ; Tib. 1, 1, 6 ; Ov. H. 11, 104 || apparaître, naître [le jour] : Sil. 16, 91 ; Amm. 21, 15, 2 || impers. lucet, il fait jour : Cic. Ac. 2, 96 ; Div. 1, 47
2 briller à travers, être visible : Prop. 2, 3, 15 ; Mart. 8, 68, 7 || [fig.] être évident, apparent, clair : Cic. Pomp. 41 ; Att. 3, 15, 4 ; Off. 1, 30 ; Br. 327
3 tr., faire luire, faire briller : Enn. Ann. 156 ; Pl. Curc. 9 ; Cas. 118.

Latin > German (Georges)

lūceo, lūxī, ēre (lux), I) intr. licht-, hell sein, leuchten, A) im allg.: stella lucet, Cic.: luceat igne rogus, Ov.: virgatis lucent sagulis, Verg.: lucet in ore rubor, Ov.: lucent oculi, Ov. – v. Tage, en umquam lucebit in orbe ille dies, quo etc.? Sil. 16, 91: lucente iam die, als es schon heller Tag war, Amm. 21, 15, 2: u. unpers., lucet, es ist hell, es ist (heller) Tag, nondum lucebat, Cic.: nec satis lucebat, Cic.: ante quam luceret, Cic.: simul atque luceret, Cic.: auch lucet hoc, heller Tag ist's da, Plaut. mil. 218: u. so hoc haud multo post luce lucebit, Plaut. Curc. 182. – B) prägn., hervorleuchten, sichtbar sein, 1) eig.: corpus lucet per bombycina, Mart.: Arabio lucet bombyce puella, glänzt, schimmert, Prop. – 2) übtr., hervorleuchten, strahlen, in die Augen fallen, sichtbar-, deutlich sein, res lucet argumentis, es ist klar, deutlich, Cic.: mea officia et studia, quae parum ante luxerunt, Cic.: quarum (figurarum) utilitas in nullo non orationis opere vel clarissime lucet, Quint. – II) tr. leuchten lassen, candida lumina, Enn. ann. 156: cereum, Plaut. Curc. 9: novae nuptae facem. Plaut. Cas. 118: fenestrae in modum retis factae ad lucendum (um Hellung zu geben), Itala Ezech. 41, 16.

Latin > Chinese

luceo, es, luxi, lucere. n. act. 2. (lux.) :: 光照。射光。— facem ei 爲彼持火把。與炬。Lucent officia tua 汝惠甚明。Nondum lucebat 天未裕之時。