splendor

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

splendor ōris, m

SPLEND-, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor, sheen : flammae, O.: argenti, H.— Splendor, magnificence, sumptuousness, grandeur : omnia ad gloriam splendoremque revocare.—Fig., distinguished merit, lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence, eminence : homines summo splendore praediti: senator populiR.splendor ordinis: dignitatis: M. Catonis splendorem maculare.— Impressiveness : splendore nominis capti: verborum Graecorum.