rĕ-lūcĕo, xi, 2, v. n.,
to shine back , shine out; to blaze , shine , glow , give light (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stella relucet, * Cic. Arat. Fragm. N. D. 2, 42, 107: flamma reluxit, Verg. G. 4, 385; cf.: relucens flamma, Liv. 22, 17; 30, 6: olli ingens barba reluxit, Verg. A. 12, 300; cf.: vestis fulgore reluxit Sacra domus, Ov. M. 11, 617: Sigea igni freta lata relucent, Verg. A. 2, 312: piscis lucerna tranquillis noctibus relucet, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82: focus reluxit vivo torre, Val. Fl. 3, 115: e Vesuvio flammae relucebant, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13; 8, 8, 2: pro favillā relucenti, Gell. 17, 10, 18.