collustro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

col-lustro (conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lighten on all sides, to illumine, brighten (rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).

I Prop.: sol omnia clarissimā luce collustrans, Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 92; id. Div. 2, 43, 91; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (al. lustret).—*

B Transf.: collustrata in picturis, the brilliantly colored , bright (opp. opaca), Cic. Or. 11, 36.—

II Trop., to consider a thing on all sides , to inspect , survey : omnia oculis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65: omnia, Verg. A. 3, 651: cuncta, Tac. A. 2, 45.

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