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  • 1 luminosus

    bright.

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  • 2 candidus

    bright, shining, white.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > candidus

  • 3 nitidus

    bright, shining / fat, sleek / flowering

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > nitidus

  • 4 arguo

    argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].
    I.
    A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

    arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

    non ex auditu arguo,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

    M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

    Liv. 30, 23:

    degeneres animos timor arguit,

    Verg. A. 4, 13:

    amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

    apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

    makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

    laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

    betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—
    B.
    Esp.
    a.
    With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

    arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

    Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

    37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

    Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

    hae tabellae te arguunt,

    id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

    an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

    Lucr. 4, 487:

    quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

    Vell. 2, 53, 4:

    coram aliquem arguere,

    Liv. 43, 5:

    apud praefectum,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    (Deus) arguit te heri,

    Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—
    b.
    With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    malorum facinorum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

    aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

    viros mortuos summi sceleris,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

    aliquem tanti facinoris,

    id. Cael. 1:

    criminis,

    Tac. H. 1, 48:

    furti me arguent,

    Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

    repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 3, 33:

    occupandae rei publicae,

    id. ib. 6, 10:

    neglegentiae,

    Suet. Caes. 53:

    noxae,

    id. Aug. 67:

    veneni in se comparati,

    id. Tib. 49:

    socordiae,

    id. Claud. 3:

    mendacii,

    id. Oth. 10:

    timoris,

    Verg. A. 11, 384:

    sceleris arguemur,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    te hoc crimine non arguo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —
    (γ).
    With de:

    de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

    Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

    de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

    Quis arguet me de peccato?

    Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

    non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

    Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—
    (ε).
    With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—
    (ζ).
    With an inf.-clause as object:

    quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

    occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

    auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

    qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

    Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

    me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

    Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—
    (η).
    With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

    hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

    as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—
    II.
    Transf. to the thing.
    1.
    To accuse, censure, blame:

    ea culpa, quam arguo,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    peccata coram omnibus argue,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

    tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

    Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

    taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

    id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

    arguebat et perperam editos census,

    he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

    primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

    censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

    ut non arguantur opera ejus,

    Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—
    2.
    Trop., to denounce as false:

    quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

    aliquem,

    Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of physical objects, clear.
    1.
    To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

    manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

    not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

    manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2:

    et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

    ocelli,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

    argutum caput,

    a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

    argutā in soleā,

    in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—
    2.
    a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

    aves,

    Prop. 1, 18, 30:

    hirundo,

    chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

    olores,

    tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

    nemus,

    id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

    Neaera,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

    poëtae,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

    fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

    Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

    serra,

    grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

    pecten,

    rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

    sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

    [Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—
    b.
    Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

    obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

    sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

    non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

    Prop. 2, 3, 24.—
    3.
    To the smell; sharp, pungent:

    odor argutior,

    Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    4.
    To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

    sapor,

    Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—
    B.
    Of mental qualities.
    1.
    In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

    quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

    Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

    orator,

    id. ib. 70, 247:

    poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

    id. Pis. 29; so,

    dicta argutissima,

    id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

    sententiae,

    id. Opt. Gen. 2:

    acumen,

    Hor. A. P. 364:

    arguto ficta dolore queri,

    dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —
    2.
    In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

    meretrix,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

    milites,

    Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).
    a.
    Subtly, acutely:

    respondere,

    Cic. Cael. 8:

    conicere,

    id. Brut. 14, 53:

    dicere,

    id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

    de re argutissime disputare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Craftily:

    obrepere,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arguo

  • 5 niteo

    nĭtĕo, ēre ( gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. nix], to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten (cf., luceo, fulgeo splendeo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

    Lucr. 1, 9:

    luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere,

    id. 5, 705:

    qui nitent unguentis, fulgent purpurā,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    diversi niteant cum mille colores,

    Ov. M. 6, 65:

    vere nitent terrae,

    id. F. 4, 126:

    aera nitent usu,

    id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so,

    ebur,

    Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of animals, to be sleek, in good condition:

    at hau pol nitent (oves),

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

    unde sic quaeso nites?

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.:

    hic nitet ungula mulae,

    Juv. 7, 181.—
    2.
    Of persons, to shine, to look bright or beautiful:

    miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et amabilis videris),

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 12:

    ore nitet,

    Mart. 10, 89, 3:

    nitet ante alias regina comesque Pelides,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 148:

    murice tincta Veste nites,

    Mart. 5, 23, 6.—
    3.
    Of fields, plants, etc., to look flourishing, thriving, to thrive, etc.:

    camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat,

    Verg. A. 6, 677:

    ubi tellus nitet,

    Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—
    4.
    Of a house:

    tibi hoc praecipio ut niteant aedes,

    be in complete order, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—
    5.
    Of wealth, etc., to flourish, abound:

    vectigal in pace niteat,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

    res ubi magna nitet domino sene,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —
    II.
    Trop., to shine, be brilliant, look or be beautiful: ver vide;

    ut tota floret, ut olet, ut nitide nitet,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:

    illorum, vides, quam niteat oratio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so,

    ubi plura nitent in carmine,

    Hor. A. P. 351:

    omnia nobilibus oppidis ni tent,

    Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., shining, glittering, glistening, brilliant, bright.
    A.
    Lit.:

    capilli malobathro,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 7:

    mensae,

    id. S. 2, 2, 4:

    oculi,

    Verg. A. 1, 228:

    astra,

    Ov. F. 5, 543:

    Lucifer,

    Tib. 1, 3, 93:

    nitentes solis equi,

    Val. Fl. 5, 413:

    arma nitentia ante rem, deformia inter sanguinem, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 40, 5.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of animals, sleek, fat:

    nitens taurus,

    Verg. A. 3, 20.—
    b.
    Of persons, shining, bright, beautiful:

    uxor ore floridulo nitens,

    Cat. 61, 189:

    desiderio meo nitenti,

    my darling bright, id. 2, 5.— Comp.: nitentior [p. 1210] femina, Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—
    c.
    Of plants, blooming:

    nitentia culta,

    Verg. G. 1, 153:

    arbor laeta et nitens,

    Gell. 12, 1, 16.— Comp.:

    Tyrio nitentior ostro flos oritur,

    Ov. M. 10, 211.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Illustrious:

    recenti gloriā nitens,

    Liv. 3, 12:

    non patre nitens linguāve,

    Sil. 6, 19. —
    2.
    Of speech, brilliant, elegant:

    oratio,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—
    3.
    Of the mind, bright, clear:

    macte, oro, nitenti Ingenio,

    Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.

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  • 6 niteō

        niteō uī, —, ēre,    to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten: unguentis: diversi niteant cum mille colores, O.: nitet herba lapillis, H.—To be sleek, be in good condition, look bright, bloom, thrive: unde sic nites? Ph.: quanto parcius vos nituistis, ut, etc., i. e. have you suffered want, H.: miseri quibus Intentata nites! who are charmed by you, H.: vectigal in pace niteat, flourishes.—Plur. n. as subst: aetas Defodiet condetque nitentia, all that flourishes, H.—Fig., to shine, be brilliant, look beautiful: res eius gestae gloriā niterent: ubi plura nitent in carmine, H.
    * * *
    nitere, nitui, - V
    shine, glitter, look bright; be sleek/in good condition; bloom, thrive

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  • 7 serēnus

        serēnus adj.    [2 SER-], clear, fair, bright, serene: tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. C.: caelo sereno, V., H., O.: lux, L.: Faciem ad serenam mutatur dies, Ph.: ver, V.: stella, O.: unde serenas Ventus agat nubīs, V.—As subst n., a clear sky, fair weather: sereno, in a cloudless sky, L.: soles et aperta serena, V.—Fig., cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, bright, serene: Voltus, H.: frons: animus, O.: aliquid serenum videre, O.
    * * *
    serena, serenum ADJ
    clear, fair, bright; serene, tranquil; cheerful, glad

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  • 8 splendeō

        splendeō —, —, ēre,    to shine, be bright, gleam, glitter, glisten: splendet pontus, V.: paternum Splendet salinum, H.: Glycera Splendens, H.— Fig., to shine, be bright, be illustrious, be glorious: virtus splendet per sese: alienā invidiā, i. e. by the odium thrown on others, L.
    * * *
    splendere, splendui, - V INTRANS
    shine/gleam/glitter, be bright/radiant/resplendent (white/color)/distinguished

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  • 9 sūdus

        sūdus adj.,    cloudless, bright, clear, serene: ver, V.—As subst n., a bright sky, clear weather: si erit sudum: Arma Per sudum rutilare vident, V.
    * * *
    suda, sudum ADJ

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  • 10 florentes

    flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

    Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

    haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

    possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

    id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

    imputata floret usque vinea,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

    vinea, segetes,

    Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

    narcisso floreat alnus,

    Verg. E. 8, 52:

    florentes ferulae,

    id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

    si bene floreat annus,

    Ov. F. 5, 327.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    (Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

    si vinum florere incipiet,

    Col. 12, 30, 1:

    vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

    Ov. F. 5, 270.—
    2.
    To get the first downy beard:

    libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

    Mart. 3, 6, 4.—
    3.
    To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

    mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

    hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

    id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

    Hybla multis thymis,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

    jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

    Val. Fl. 1, 547.—
    4.
    To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

    pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

    Verg. G. 2, 6;

    of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

    Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

    floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—
    5.
    To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

    lumina floruisse,

    Tert. Apol. 11:

    caelum luminibus floruisset,

    id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—
    II. A.
    Of persons and animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

    privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    omni genere virtutis,

    id. Brut. 7, 28:

    cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

    laudibus,

    id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

    nobilitate discipulorum,

    id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

    omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

    id. Or. 5, 20.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in re militari Epaminondas,

    Nep. Epam. 5:

    ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    in foro,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    in senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

    floret Epicurus,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

    qui inter illos florebas,

    id. Quint. 26, 80:

    cum multis simul floruit,

    Quint. 3, 1, 9:

    floruit circa Philippum,

    id. 12, 10. 6:

    circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

    is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

    doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

    id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

    meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

    id. Sest. 63, 131:

    aliquid floret laudibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1279.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

    quae familia admodum floruit,

    Suet. Ner. 6:

    quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    gloria generis floret,

    id. Fl. 11, 25:

    verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

    Hor. A. P. 62:

    aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

    to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

    Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

    lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

    Lucr. 4, 450; so,

    smaragdi arcano igne,

    Stat. Th. 2, 276:

    postes arcano lumine,

    id. ib. 1, 210:

    catervae aere,

    Verg. A. 7, 804:

    exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

    Gell. 5, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Abounding in flowers:

    vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

    Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

    do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—
    B.
    Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.
    1.
    Of animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

    gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

    Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

    ambo florentes aetatibus,

    Verg. E. 7, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

    id. Planc. 35, 86:

    oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

    id. Or. 6, 20:

    florens et illustris adolescens,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    florentes viribus anni,

    Sil. 1, 226; so,

    anni vigore,

    Petr. 132:

    animus vino,

    joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    (majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

    civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

    invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

    florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

    id. Quint. 30, 93:

    quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

    neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    florentes Etruscorum opes,

    Liv. 1, 2, 3:

    florentissima Samnitium castra,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    equus florenti aetate,

    Lucr. 5, 1074:

    aevo florente puellae,

    id. 3, 1008; cf.:

    adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

    Hor. A. P. 115:

    florentissima ejus erat aetas,

    Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

    modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

    oratio florentissima,

    Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

    also: florentis facundiae homo,

    id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

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  • 11 floreo

    flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

    Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

    haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

    possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

    id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

    imputata floret usque vinea,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

    vinea, segetes,

    Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

    narcisso floreat alnus,

    Verg. E. 8, 52:

    florentes ferulae,

    id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

    si bene floreat annus,

    Ov. F. 5, 327.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    (Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

    si vinum florere incipiet,

    Col. 12, 30, 1:

    vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

    Ov. F. 5, 270.—
    2.
    To get the first downy beard:

    libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

    Mart. 3, 6, 4.—
    3.
    To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

    mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

    hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

    id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

    Hybla multis thymis,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

    jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

    Val. Fl. 1, 547.—
    4.
    To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

    pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

    Verg. G. 2, 6;

    of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

    Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

    floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—
    5.
    To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

    lumina floruisse,

    Tert. Apol. 11:

    caelum luminibus floruisset,

    id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—
    II. A.
    Of persons and animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

    privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    omni genere virtutis,

    id. Brut. 7, 28:

    cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

    laudibus,

    id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

    nobilitate discipulorum,

    id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

    omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

    id. Or. 5, 20.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in re militari Epaminondas,

    Nep. Epam. 5:

    ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    in foro,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    in senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

    floret Epicurus,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

    qui inter illos florebas,

    id. Quint. 26, 80:

    cum multis simul floruit,

    Quint. 3, 1, 9:

    floruit circa Philippum,

    id. 12, 10. 6:

    circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

    is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

    doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

    id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

    meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

    id. Sest. 63, 131:

    aliquid floret laudibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1279.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

    quae familia admodum floruit,

    Suet. Ner. 6:

    quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    gloria generis floret,

    id. Fl. 11, 25:

    verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

    Hor. A. P. 62:

    aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

    to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

    Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

    lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

    Lucr. 4, 450; so,

    smaragdi arcano igne,

    Stat. Th. 2, 276:

    postes arcano lumine,

    id. ib. 1, 210:

    catervae aere,

    Verg. A. 7, 804:

    exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

    Gell. 5, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Abounding in flowers:

    vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

    Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

    do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—
    B.
    Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.
    1.
    Of animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

    gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

    Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

    ambo florentes aetatibus,

    Verg. E. 7, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

    id. Planc. 35, 86:

    oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

    id. Or. 6, 20:

    florens et illustris adolescens,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    florentes viribus anni,

    Sil. 1, 226; so,

    anni vigore,

    Petr. 132:

    animus vino,

    joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    (majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

    civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

    invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

    florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

    id. Quint. 30, 93:

    quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

    neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    florentes Etruscorum opes,

    Liv. 1, 2, 3:

    florentissima Samnitium castra,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    equus florenti aetate,

    Lucr. 5, 1074:

    aevo florente puellae,

    id. 3, 1008; cf.:

    adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

    Hor. A. P. 115:

    florentissima ejus erat aetas,

    Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

    modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

    oratio florentissima,

    Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

    also: florentis facundiae homo,

    id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

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  • 12 serenum

    1.
    sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
    I.
    Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

    caelo sereno,

    Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

    de parte caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 99:

    in regione caeli,

    Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

    caelo perfruitur sereniore,

    Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

    also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

    Verg. A. 5, 870:

    postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 2:

    luce,

    Verg. A. 5, 104:

    lumen (solis),

    Lucr. 2, 150:

    nox,

    id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

    sidera,

    Lucr. 4, 212:

    facies diei,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

    species mundi,

    Lucr. 4, 134:

    aër,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

    ver,

    Verg. G. 1, 340:

    aestas,

    id. A. 6, 707:

    stella,

    Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

    color (opp. nubilus),

    bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

    aqua (with candida),

    Mart. 6, 42, 19:

    vox,

    Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

    unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

    Verg. G. 1, 461.—
    2.
    As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

    ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

    during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

    more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

    Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

    quare et sereno tonat,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

    liquido ac puro sereno,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    nitido sereno,

    Sil. 5, 58:

    cottidie serenum cum est,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    laesique fides reditura sereni,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

    serenum nitidum micat,

    Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

    caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1100:

    soles et aperta serena,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    nostra,

    Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

    laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

    horae (with albus dies),

    Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

    vultus,

    Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

    frons tranquilla et serena,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    pectora processu facta serena tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

    animus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

    oculi,

    Sil. 7, 461:

    Augustus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

    laetitia,

    Just. 44, 2, 4:

    imperium,

    Sil. 14, 80:

    res,

    id. 8, 546:

    sereno vitae tempore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

    vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094:

    temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

    tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
    2.
    SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

    hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

    Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
    3.
    Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.
    2.
    Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.
    I.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
    II.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
    III.
    Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

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  • 13 Serenus

    1.
    sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
    I.
    Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

    caelo sereno,

    Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

    de parte caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 99:

    in regione caeli,

    Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

    caelo perfruitur sereniore,

    Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

    also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

    Verg. A. 5, 870:

    postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 2:

    luce,

    Verg. A. 5, 104:

    lumen (solis),

    Lucr. 2, 150:

    nox,

    id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

    sidera,

    Lucr. 4, 212:

    facies diei,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

    species mundi,

    Lucr. 4, 134:

    aër,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

    ver,

    Verg. G. 1, 340:

    aestas,

    id. A. 6, 707:

    stella,

    Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

    color (opp. nubilus),

    bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

    aqua (with candida),

    Mart. 6, 42, 19:

    vox,

    Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

    unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

    Verg. G. 1, 461.—
    2.
    As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

    ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

    during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

    more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

    Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

    quare et sereno tonat,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

    liquido ac puro sereno,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    nitido sereno,

    Sil. 5, 58:

    cottidie serenum cum est,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    laesique fides reditura sereni,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

    serenum nitidum micat,

    Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

    caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1100:

    soles et aperta serena,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    nostra,

    Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

    laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

    horae (with albus dies),

    Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

    vultus,

    Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

    frons tranquilla et serena,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    pectora processu facta serena tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

    animus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

    oculi,

    Sil. 7, 461:

    Augustus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

    laetitia,

    Just. 44, 2, 4:

    imperium,

    Sil. 14, 80:

    res,

    id. 8, 546:

    sereno vitae tempore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

    vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094:

    temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

    tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
    2.
    SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

    hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

    Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
    3.
    Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.
    2.
    Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.
    I.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
    II.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
    III.
    Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

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  • 14 serenus

    1.
    sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
    I.
    Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

    caelo sereno,

    Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

    de parte caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 99:

    in regione caeli,

    Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

    caelo perfruitur sereniore,

    Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

    also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

    Verg. A. 5, 870:

    postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 2:

    luce,

    Verg. A. 5, 104:

    lumen (solis),

    Lucr. 2, 150:

    nox,

    id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

    sidera,

    Lucr. 4, 212:

    facies diei,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

    species mundi,

    Lucr. 4, 134:

    aër,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

    ver,

    Verg. G. 1, 340:

    aestas,

    id. A. 6, 707:

    stella,

    Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

    color (opp. nubilus),

    bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

    aqua (with candida),

    Mart. 6, 42, 19:

    vox,

    Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

    unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

    Verg. G. 1, 461.—
    2.
    As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

    ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

    during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

    more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

    Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

    quare et sereno tonat,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

    liquido ac puro sereno,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    nitido sereno,

    Sil. 5, 58:

    cottidie serenum cum est,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    laesique fides reditura sereni,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

    serenum nitidum micat,

    Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

    caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

    Lucr. 2, 1100:

    soles et aperta serena,

    Verg. G. 1, 393:

    nostra,

    Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

    laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

    horae (with albus dies),

    Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

    vultus,

    Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

    frons tranquilla et serena,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    pectora processu facta serena tuo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

    animus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

    oculi,

    Sil. 7, 461:

    Augustus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

    laetitia,

    Just. 44, 2, 4:

    imperium,

    Sil. 14, 80:

    res,

    id. 8, 546:

    sereno vitae tempore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

    vita,

    Lucr. 2, 1094:

    temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

    Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

    tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
    2.
    SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

    hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

    Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
    3.
    Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.
    2.
    Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.
    I.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
    II.
    Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
    III.
    Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > serenus

  • 15 candēns

        candēns entis, adj.    [P. of candeo], shining, dazzling, white, bright: luna: umeri, H.: cygnus candenti corpore, V.: Phoebus, resplendent, V.: ortus, Tb.: candenti elephanto, i. e. ivory, V.: lilia, O.: de candentibus atra facere, to make white black, O.—Glowing, white-hot: favilla, V.: carbo: lammina, O.: lamna, H.
    * * *
    candentis (gen.), candentior -or -us, candentissimus -a -um ADJ
    shining/bright/clear (light); (approaching) white; boiling/red-hot, glowing

    Latin-English dictionary > candēns

  • 16 candēscō

        candēscō —, —, inch.    [candeo], to become bright, grow white, begin to glisten: aer solis ab ortu, O.: caput canis, Tb.—To begin to glow, grow red hot: currūs candescere sentit, O.
    * * *
    candescere, candui, - V
    grow/become light/bright white; begin to glisten/radiate; become (red) hot

    Latin-English dictionary > candēscō

  • 17 candidus

        candidus adj. with comp.    [candeo], shining white, clear, bright: luna, V.: stellae, H.: Taurus (the constellation), V.: Daphnis, V.: Cupido, Ct.: avis, i. e. the stork, V.: candidior cygnis, V.: agnus, Tb.: equi, Ta.: altā nive candidum Soracte, H.: nive candidiores equi, O.: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, V.: lilia, V.: folium nivei ligustri, O.: tentoria, O.: vestis, L.—Prov.: Candida de nigris facere, to make black white, O.: nigrum in candida vertere, Iu. — Splendid, fair, beautiful, comely: Dido, V.: puer, H.: puella, Ct.: cervix, H.: ora, O.—Poet., of the winds: Favonii, clearing, H.— Clothed in white: pompa, O.: Candida sententia, i. e. a white stone counted for acquittal, O. — Fig., unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open: iudex, H.: Maecenas, H.: ingenium, H. — Happy, fortunate, prosperous: fata, Tb.: dies, O. — Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, artless: genus dicendi.
    * * *
    candida -um, candidior -or -us, candidissimus -a -um ADJ
    bright, clear, transparent; clean/spotless; lucid; candid; kind; innocent, pure; radiant, unclouded; (dressed in) white; of light color; fair skinned, pale

    Latin-English dictionary > candidus

  • 18 clāreō

        clāreō —, —, ēre    [clarus], to be bright, shine (of the stars), C. poet. — Fig., to be renowned, be illustrious: viri gloria claret, Enn. ap. C.
    * * *
    clarere, -, - V INTRANS
    shine bright/clearly; be clear/plain/understandable/obvious; be famous/renowned

    Latin-English dictionary > clāreō

  • 19 clārēscō

        clārēscō —, —, ēre, inch.    [clareo], to grow bright, Ta.—Fig., to become audible, sound clear: sonitūs armorum, V.—To become illustrious, grow famous: facinore, Ta.
    * * *
    clarescere, clarui, - V INTRANS
    be illuminated; become bright/evident/clear; become loud or famous/notorious

    Latin-English dictionary > clārēscō

  • 20 clārus

        clārus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 CAL-], clear, bright, shining, brilliant: lux, open day: clarissimā luce laetari: mundi lumina, V.: lucerna, H.: nox, Ta.: pater clarus intonat, in the clear sky, V.: clarissimae gemmae: vitrum, O.: purpurarum sidere clarior usus, H.: argento delphines, V.: gemmis corona, O.: aquilo, clearing, V.—Clear, loud, distinct: clarissima vox: clarior vox, Cs.: plangor, O.—Fig., clear, manifest, plain, evident, intelligible: haec certa et clara adferre, T.: omnia non properanti clara certaque erunt, L.: luce clariora consilia: id quod est luce clarius: somno clarius, O. —Brilliant, celebrated, renowned, illustrious, honorable, famous, glorious: viri: oppidum: gloriā clariores: vir clarissimus: pax clarior quam bellum, L.: ad memoriam imperium, L.: facundia, S.: clarissima civitas, N.: agendis causis, H.: bello, Ta.: ex doctrinā: ob id factum, H.: Troianoque a sanguine Acestes, V.—Notorious, noted, marked: minus clarum putavit fore quod, etc.: populus luxuriā, L.
    * * *
    clara -um, clarior -or -us, clarissimus -a -um ADJ
    clear, bright, gleaming; loud, distinct; evident, plain; illustrious, famous

    Latin-English dictionary > clārus

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