interluceo

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

inter-lūcĕo, luxi, 2, v. n., to shine or glitter forth at intervals (class.).

I Lit.: duos soles visos, et noctu interluxisse, Liv. 29, 14, 3: quia terrena quaedam animalia plerumque interlucent (in amber), Tac. G. 45, 4; Sol. 20, 3.—

II Trop.

A To be manifest , plainly visible : loci interlucent, Auct. Her. 3, 19, 31: quibus inter gradus dignitatis et fortunae aliquid interlucet, by which the degrees of dignity and fortune are distinguished , Liv. 1, 42, 4.—

B To be capable of being seen through (thin of substance or few in number), to be transparent : interlucet corona (militum), Verg. A. 9, 508: acies, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; Veg. Mil. 3, 14.

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