illūcesco or illūcisco (inl-), luxi, 3, v. inch. n. and a. [in-lucesco].
I Neutr. , of the day or of the sun, to grow light , begin to shine , to break , dawn (most freq. in the tempp. perff. ).
A Lit.
1 Illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum tu, etc., Cic. Mil. 26, 69: qui (dies) ut illuxit, mortui sunt reperti, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114: ne hic tibi dies inluxit lucrificabilis, Plaut. Pers. 4, 7, 2; cf.: pro di immortales, quis hic illuxit dies? Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 76; Ov. M. 7, 431: dies (alicui), Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Phil. 1, 12, 30; id. Ac. 2, 22, 69; id. Div. 1, 24, 50: ea nocte, cui illuxit dies caedis, on which arose the day , etc., Suet. Caes. 81: cum tertio die sol illuxisset, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: cum illucescerent elementa mundi, Ambros. in Luc. 5, 5.—
2 Impers. : illuxit, it was light , day had dawned (very rare; not in Cic.; perh. not in Caes.; for in B. C. 1, 23, 1, luxit is the better reading; v. Oud. ad loc.): ubi illuxit, Liv. 1, 28, 2; 2, 65, 1; 7, 14, 9.—
B Trop.: cum populo Romano vox et auctoritas consulis repente in tantis tenebris illuxerit, Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 24: clarissimum deinde Homeri illuxit ingenium, Vell. 1, 5, 1. — Impers. : apud quem si illuxerit, non universa pretia in patrimonium tuum processisse, shall be made clear , apparent , Cod. Just. 5, 71, 10.—
II Act. , to shine upon , give light to (Plautin.): (nox) ut mortales illucescas luce clara et candida, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49: scelestiorem nullum alterum, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 22.