splendesco
μήτε δίκην δικάσῃς πρίν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς → do not give your judgement until you have heard a speech on both sides
Latin > English
splendesco splendescere, -, - V :: become bright, begin to shine; derive luster
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
splendesco: (
I 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, App. 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
splendēscō,¹⁴ dŭī, ĕre, intr.,
1 devenir brillant, prendre de l’éclat : 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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
