prae-nĭtĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to shine or glitter forth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: vestes praenitent, Ap. Met. 5, 9, 14; luna subito praenitens, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: juvenis veste niveā praenitens, Ap. Met. 11, 9, 19.—With dat.: cur tibi junior praeniteat, appear more attractive , Hor. C. 1, 33, 4: unius facies praenitet omnibus, shines brighter than they all , outshines them all , Sen. Med. 93.—
II Trop.: gentes, quarum titulis forum Augusti praenitet, Vell. 2, 39, 2: virtus Catonis conspicua atque praenitens, id. 2, 35, 1 (2, 59, 1 dub.).