The corpus record — Latin

effulgeo

to shine

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 4.81/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 1 · 1.32/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 1 · 0.76/10k
Aeneid 4 · 0.63/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 1 · 0.6/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 1 · 0.58/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕf-fulgĕo — Lewis & Short

ĕf-fulgĕo, si, 2 (

I inf. effulgĕre, Verg. A. 8, 677; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 546), v. n., to shine or gleam forth, to glitter (not anteAug.).

I Lit.: nova lux oculis effulsit, Verg. A. 9, 731; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 28, 15; 41, 21: auro Ductores longe effulgent, Verg. A. 5, 133; cf.: auro (fluctus), id. ib. 8, 677: nimbo (Pallas), id. ib. 2, 616 (Forbig. ad loc.; Rib. and Lad. limbo): veste nivea (sacerdos), Sil. 3, 695: ornatu, Tac. A. 13, 13: sol, Vulg. Sirach, 50, 7.—

II Trop.: omnis Graeciae fabulositas ex hoc primum sinu effulsit, Plin. H. N. 4 init.; Liv. 45, 7: audacia aut insignibus effulgens, Tac. H. 4, 29: sensus aliquis argută et brevi sententiă, id. Or. 20; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 5.

In the wild

effulsit Vergil, Aeneid 9.731
effulgens Tacitus, Historiae 4.31
effulget Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.144
effulgens Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.596
effulsere Statius, Thebais 6.571
effulgent Statius, Silvae 1.5.42

6 of 40 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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