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col-lūcĕo (conl-), ēre, v. n., to give light on every side, to shine brightly, to be wholly illuminated, to be bright or brilliant (class. in prose and poetry; not in Hor.).

  1. I. Prop.
          1. (α) Absol.: sol, qui tam longe lateque colluceat, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: caelum conlucet omnibus, id. Univ. 9 med.: taeda per undas, * Lucr. 6, 883: collucent ignes, Verg. A. 9, 166; so, faces, id. ib. 4, 567; Curt. 3, 8, 22: per campum, Tac. A. 3, 4: lampades undique, Ov. H. 14, 25: pocula, Cat. 64, 45: plumae ignium modo, Plin. 10, 47, 67, § 132.
          2. (β) With abl.: candelabri fulgore, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71: ignibus aedes, Ov. M. 4, 403: moenia flammis, Verg. A. 5, 4; Liv. 38, 6, 2: castra fulgore ignis, Curt. 3, 3, 3: polus ignibus, Stat. S. 1, 6, 89: omnia luminibus, Liv. 24, 21, 9: totus veste atque insignibus armis, Verg. A. 10, 539.
          3. (γ) Ab aliquā re (cf. ab, II.): (mare), quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105.
  2. II. Trop., to shine, be resplendent: vidi collucere omnia furtis tuis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. N. D. 2, 39, 99: collucent floribus agri, Ov. F. 5, 363; cf. Col. 3, 21, 3; 10, 293.