diluceo

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

dī-lūcĕo, ēre, v. n., lit., to be light enough to distinguish objects apart; hence, trop.,

to be clear, evident (rare): dilucere brevi fraus coepit, Liv. 8, 27 fin. ; cf. id. 3, 16; 25, 29 fin. : emolumentum ejus in animo tuo dilucebit, Gell. 16, 8, 16.—With a subject-clause: satis dilucet, hanc capionem posse dici, Gell. 7, 10, 3.

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