prae-lūceo
prae-lūceo, xi, 2, v. n. To shine or give light before; to hold or carry a light before, to light. Lit. Of those who carry a light: servus praelucens, Suet. Aug. 29: alicui, Stat. S. 1, 2, 89.— Of the light itself: praeluxere faces, Mart. 12, 42, 3: ne ignis noster praeluceat facinori, Phaedr. 4, 11, 9.— Trop. In gen., to shine forth, be bright: amicitia bonā spe praelucet in posterum, Cic. Lael. 7, 23.—With acc.: lumenque tuae praeluceo vitae, Aus. Idyll. 4, 95.— In partic., to shine brighter, to outshine, surpass: nullus sinus Baiis praelucet, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 83.—* To shine very much, shine brightly: baculum praelucet, Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.
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prae-lūceo
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prae-luceo
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prae-lūceo, xi, 2, v. n. To shine or give light before; to hold or carry a light before, to light. Lit. Of those who carry a light: servus praelucens, Suet. Aug. 29: alicui, Stat. S. 1, 2, 89.— Of the light itself: praeluxere faces, Mart. 12, 42, 3: ne ignis noster praeluceat facinori, Phaedr. 4, 11, 9.— Trop. In gen., to shine forth, be bright: amicitia bonā spe praelucet in posterum, Cic. Lael. 7, 23.—With acc.: lumenque tuae praeluceo vitae, Aus. Idyll. 4, 95.— In partic., to shine brighter, to outshine, surpass: nullus sinus Baiis praelucet, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 83.—* To shine very much, shine brightly: baculum praelucet, Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.
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