Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

lūcesco and lūcisco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [luceo], to begin to shine.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: sol lucescit, Verg. E. 6, 37: quorum caput flavo capillorum crine lucescat, Firm. Math. 4, 13.
    2. B. In partic., of the break of day, to grow light, break, dawn: nonae lucescunt, Ov. F. 5, 417.
      1. 2. Impers.: lucescit or luciscit, the day is breaking: eamus, Amphitruo: luciscit hoc jam, it is getting light there (in the sky), Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 45; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 1; v. luceo, I. A. fin.: cum lucisceret, as soon as it grew light, at break of day, *Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8: et jam lucescebat, Liv. 4, 28.
  2. II. Trop.: luciscens amor, bright, Front. ad Anton. 1, 5 Mai.