illucesco

in-lūcēscō (ill-) lūxī, —, ere,

inch, to grow light, begin to shine, break, dawn: Inlucescet aliquando ille dies, cum, etc.: cum tertio die sol inluxisset: alios Inluxisse dies, V.—Perfimpers., it was light, day had dawned: ubi inluxit, L.—Fig.: cum populo R. auctoritas consulis inluxerit.