luminosus

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

lūmĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [lumen], full of light, light, luminous.

I Lit.: aedificia, Vitr. 6, 9: oleum luminosius, Aug. Ep. 137 fin.

II Trop., bright, conspicuous, prominent, remarkable : partes orationis, Cic. Or. 36, 125.— Sup. : luminosissima caritas, Aug. Ep. 144.

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