perluceo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

per-lūceō (pell-) lūxī, —, ēre,

to shine through, glimmer: perlucens iam aliquid lux, i. e. in some measure piercing, L.: pelluces, i. e. you wear a transparent garment, Iu.—P. praes., transparent: perlucens aether: amictus, O.: ruina, Iu. —Fig., to shine through, gleam forth, appear, be clear, be intelligible: illud quasi perlucet ex eis virtutibus: pellucens oratio.

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