perlūcĕo (pell-), xi, 2, v. n. [per-luceo], to shine through, shine forth, be visible; to be seen through, to be transparent, pellucid (class.).
I Lit.: ita is pellucet, quasi laterna Punica, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 29: tenuis ac perlucens aether, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54: amethysti perlucent omnes violaceo colore, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 122: perlucens amictus, Ov. M. 4, 313: Cretice, pelluces, i. e. you wear a transparent Cretan garment , Juv. 2, 78: perlucens toga, Sen. Ep. 114; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 50: perlucens avena, i. e. with many holes , Tib. 3, 4, 71: perlucens ruina, Juv. 11, 13: pellucet omnis regia (because the walls are fallen down), Sen. Herc. Fur. 1001.—
II Trop., to shine through or forth , to appear; to be transparent , clear , intelligible : illud ipsum quod honestum decorumque dicimus quasi perlucet ex eis, quas commemoravi, virtutibus, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32: pellucens oratio, id. Brut. 79, 274: mores dicentis ex oratione pelluceant, Quint. 6, 2, 13: perlucet omne regiae vitium domus, is apparent , Sen. Agam. 148.