illūcesco — Lewis & Short
illūcesco or illūcisco (inl-), luxi, 3,
I v. inch. n. and a. [in-lucesco].
I Neutr., of the day or of the sun, to grow light, begin to shine, to break, dawn (most freq. in the tempp. perff.).
A Lit.
1 Illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum tu, etc., Cic. Mil. 26, 69:
qui (dies) ut illuxit, mortui sunt reperti,id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114:
ne hic tibi dies inluxit lucrificabilis,Plaut. Pers. 4, 7, 2; cf.: pro di immortales, quis hic illuxit dies? Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 76; Ov. M. 7, 431:
dies (alicui),Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Phil. 1, 12, 30; id. Ac. 2, 22, 69; id. Div. 1, 24, 50: ea nocte, cui illuxit dies caedis, on which arose the day, etc., Suet. Caes. 81:
cum tertio die sol illuxisset,Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96:
cum illucescerent elementa mundi,Ambros. in Luc. 5, 5.—
2 Impers.: illuxit, it was light, day had dawned (very rare; not in Cic.; perh. not in Cæs.; for in B. C. 1, 23, 1, luxit is the better reading;
v. Oud. ad loc.): ubi illuxit,Liv. 1, 28, 2; 2, 65, 1; 7, 14, 9.—
B Trop.:
cum populo Romano vox et auctoritas consulis repente in tantis tenebris illuxerit,Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 24:
clarissimum deinde Homeri illuxit ingenium,Vell. 1, 5, 1. —Impers.:
apud quem si illuxerit, non universa pretia in patrimonium tuum processisse,shall be made clear, apparent, Cod. Just. 5, 71, 10.—
II Act., to shine upon, give light to (Plautin.):
(nox) ut mortales illucescas luce clara et candida,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49:
scelestiorem nullum alterum,id. Bacch. 2, 3, 22.