The corpus record — Latin

eniteo

eniteo · v. n

to shine forth

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Where it lives

Avidius Cassius 2 · 7.67/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 2 · 1.12/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 1 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ē-nĭtĕo — Lewis & Short

ē-nĭtĕo, tŭi, 2, v. n.,

I to shine forth, shine out, gleam, brighten (class.).

I Lit.: fruges enitent, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; cf.: myrtus floridis ramulis, Cat. 61, 21: campus, Verg. G. 2, 211: caelum, i. e. to become fine again, clear up, Gell. 19, 1, 7: tantum egregio decus enitet ore, Verg. A. 4, 150.—

II Trop., to shine forth, to be eminent, distinguished (a favorite expression of Cicero): quod in eis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituerat Demosthenes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Inv. 2, 2, 5; id. de Or. 2, 28 fin.; id. Fl. 7, 17: virtus in bello, id. Mur. 14 fin.; cf. Liv. 1, 42; 4, 3: oratio Crassi, Cic. Brut. 59, 215; Liv. 22, 27.

In the wild

enituit Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 12.5.7
enitendum Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone 34
enituit Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 3 p63
enitentis Tertullian, De Carne Christi 4
enituit Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 9.79.16
eniterentur Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae 10.20.1

6 of 74 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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