illustris

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

inlūstris (ill-) e, adj.with comp.

LVC-, lighted, bright, light, lustrous, brilliant : domicilia: caput, O.: solis candor inlustrior est quam ullius ignis.—Fig., clear, plain, distinct, evident, manifest : ad cognoscendum omnia, S.: factum inlustre notumque omnibus: inlustriora furta, more conspicuous.—Distinguished, renowned, famous, honorable, noble, illustrious : homines maxime inlustres: adulescens, Cs.: famā fatisque, V.: inlustriore loco natus, Cs.: nomen quam Solonis inlustrius: vitae ratio inlustrior.— Memorable, noteworthy : maior atque inlustrior res, Cs.

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