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cŏruscus
cŏruscus, a, um, adj. corusco, II. (poet.). In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous: silvae, Verg. A. 1, 164: ilices, id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously: omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor, i. e. trembling, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.— Flashing, gleaming, glittering: fulgura, Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning: ignis, Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: lumina, Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: sol, Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.: radii (solis), Ov. M. 1, 768: lampades, id. ib. 12, 247: viri ferro auroque, Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf. in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci, Verg. A. 9, 678. — Transf., brilliant, ἐνθύμημα, Gell. 17, 20, 4.—Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.

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cŏruscus, a, um, adj. corusco, II. (poet.). In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous: silvae, Verg. A. 1, 164: ilices, id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously: omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor, i. e. trembling, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.— Flashing, gleaming, glittering: fulgura, Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning: ignis, Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: lumina, Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: sol, Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.: radii (solis), Ov. M. 1, 768: lampades, id. ib. 12, 247: viri ferro auroque, Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf. in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci, Verg. A. 9, 678. — Transf., brilliant, ἐνθύμημα, Gell. 17, 20, 4.—Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.
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