illustro

illustro ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum?

Hor. C. 4, 14, 6:

placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris,

Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—

Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).

To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain:

ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.:

illustrantur, erumpunt omnia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137:

omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.:

si modo id patefactum et illustratum est,

id. Lael. 26, 97; and:

jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228:

illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata,

place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

de illustranda oratione ut diceres,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 144:

orationem,

Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—

To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82:

familiam,

Suet. Galb. 3:

illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10:

summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia,

id. 10, 1, 122; cf.:

Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus,

Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.:

quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri?

Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.

illustro ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum?

Hor. C. 4, 14, 6:

placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris,

Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—

Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).

To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain:

ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.:

illustrantur, erumpunt omnia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137:

omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.:

si modo id patefactum et illustratum est,

id. Lael. 26, 97; and:

jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228:

illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata,

place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

de illustranda oratione ut diceres,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 144:

orationem,

Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—

To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82:

familiam,

Suet. Galb. 3:

illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10:

summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia,

id. 10, 1, 122; cf.:

Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus,

Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.:

quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri?

Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.

illūmĭno ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-lumino], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; cf. illustro).

A.. Lit.:

luna illuminata a sole,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

puteum (sole),

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183:

tabulata gallinarum parvis fenestellis,

Col. 8, 3, 3:

vias igni,

Stat. Th. 12, 575.—

Transf., to embellish or adorn with any thing bright:

corona aurea fulgentibus gemmis illuminata,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; Lampr. Comm. 17:

purpura omnem vestem illuminat,

Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127.—

Trop., to set in a clear light, to set off, make conspicuous (esp. freq. in rhetor. lang. of brilliant oratory):

translatum, quod maxime tamquam stellis quibusdam notat et illuminat orationem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 170; cf. id. Or. 25, 83:

orationem sententiis,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 208:

orationem translatorum nitore,

Quint. 12, 10, 36:

pulchritudinem rerum (claritas orationis),

id. 2, 16, 10; 8, 3, 73:

horum fidem Mitylenaeorum perfidia illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 18, 3:

nisi Thebas unum os Pindari illuminaret,

made illustrious, id. 1, 18, 3:

illuminata sapientia,

Cic. Brut. 58, 213.—Hence, * illūmĭnātē ( inl-), adv., clearly, luminously:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.

illūmĭno ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-lumino], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; cf. illustro).

A.. Lit.:

luna illuminata a sole,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

puteum (sole),

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183:

tabulata gallinarum parvis fenestellis,

Col. 8, 3, 3:

vias igni,

Stat. Th. 12, 575.—

Transf., to embellish or adorn with any thing bright:

corona aurea fulgentibus gemmis illuminata,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; Lampr. Comm. 17:

purpura omnem vestem illuminat,

Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127.—

Trop., to set in a clear light, to set off, make conspicuous (esp. freq. in rhetor. lang. of brilliant oratory):

translatum, quod maxime tamquam stellis quibusdam notat et illuminat orationem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 170; cf. id. Or. 25, 83:

orationem sententiis,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 208:

orationem translatorum nitore,

Quint. 12, 10, 36:

pulchritudinem rerum (claritas orationis),

id. 2, 16, 10; 8, 3, 73:

horum fidem Mitylenaeorum perfidia illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 18, 3:

nisi Thebas unum os Pindari illuminaret,

made illustrious, id. 1, 18, 3:

illuminata sapientia,

Cic. Brut. 58, 213.—Hence, * illūmĭnātē ( inl-), adv., clearly, luminously:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.

illūmĭno ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-lumino], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; cf. illustro).

A.. Lit.:

luna illuminata a sole,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

puteum (sole),

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183:

tabulata gallinarum parvis fenestellis,

Col. 8, 3, 3:

vias igni,

Stat. Th. 12, 575.—

Transf., to embellish or adorn with any thing bright:

corona aurea fulgentibus gemmis illuminata,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; Lampr. Comm. 17:

purpura omnem vestem illuminat,

Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127.—

Trop., to set in a clear light, to set off, make conspicuous (esp. freq. in rhetor. lang. of brilliant oratory):

translatum, quod maxime tamquam stellis quibusdam notat et illuminat orationem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 170; cf. id. Or. 25, 83:

orationem sententiis,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 208:

orationem translatorum nitore,

Quint. 12, 10, 36:

pulchritudinem rerum (claritas orationis),

id. 2, 16, 10; 8, 3, 73:

horum fidem Mitylenaeorum perfidia illuminavit,

Vell. 2, 18, 3:

nisi Thebas unum os Pindari illuminaret,

made illustrious, id. 1, 18, 3:

illuminata sapientia,

Cic. Brut. 58, 213.—Hence, * illūmĭnātē ( inl-), adv., clearly, luminously:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.