lux — Lewis & Short
lux, lūcis (adverb. m.;
abl. luce, luci, and lucu, and in these old forms also used asI v. infra; in Plaut. lux is usually m.; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 11), f. luceo, light.
I Lit.
1 In gen., the light of the sun and other heavenly bodies:
cum id solis luce videatur clarius,Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6; id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90; id. Cat. 1, 3; id. Cael. 9:
per umbras Stella facem ducens multā cum luce cucurrit,Verg. A. 2, 694: a lucifero donec lux occidat, till sunset, Juv, 13, 158. —The light, splendor, brightness of shining bodies:
viridi cum luce zmaragdi,Lucr. 4, 1126:
luce coruscus ahenā,Verg. A. 2, 470:
lucem non fundentes gemmae,Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94:
ferri,Stat. Th. 8, 124.—
2 In partic., the light of day, daylight, day:
diurna,Lucr. 6, 848:
Metellus cum primā luce in campum currebat,Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4:
ante lucem,id. de Or. 2, 64, 259:
primā luce ad eum accurrit,at daybreak, dawn of day, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
luce sub ipsā,on the very verge of day, Verg. G. 4, 490:
in luci,by day, Lucr. 4, 233:
luce reversā,Juv. 6, 312.—Hence,
b In abl. adverb.: luce, luci, and (ante-class.) lucu, by daylight, in the daytime:
ut luce palam in foro saltet,Cic. Off. 3, 24, 93; so,
luce,id. Pis. 10, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48; Verg. A. 9, 153 al.:
nocte ac luce,Juv. 15, 43:
ut veniamus luci,Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 7:
cum luci simul,id. Merc. 2, 1, 31:
luci claro,id. Aul. 4, 10, 18; cf. Non. 210, 9:
quis audeat luci,Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 25:
quodsi luce quoque canes latrent,id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Liv. 35, 4, 5:
cum primo lucu ibo hinc,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 55:
cum primo luci,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 49.—
B Transf.
1 The heavenly bodies:
illae, quae fulgent luces,Cic. Arat. 96.—
2 A day:
centesima lux est ab interitu P. Clodii,Cic. Mil. 35, 98:
longiore luce ad id certamen nobis opus est,Liv. 3, 2:
anxia nocte, anxia luce gemit,Ov. M. 2, 806:
crastina,Verg. A. 10, 244:
natali die mihi dulcior haec lux,Juv. 12, 1:
septima quaeque lux,id. 14, 105; cf.:
natura volvente vices et lucis et anni,id. 13, 88. —Hence, poet.:
lux aestiva,summer, Verg. G. 4, 52:
lux brumalis,winter, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 39.—
3 Life:
qui ab Orco mortuom me reducem in lucem feceris,Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 12:
corpora luce carentum,i. e. of the dead, Verg. G. 4, 255; Sil. 13, 473; cf.:
simul atque editi in lucem sumus,Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2.—
4 An eye, the eyesight:
effossae squalent vestigia lucis,Stat. Th. 11, 585:
damnum lucis ademptae,Ov. M. 14, 197.—
5 A light, of an eminent man to whom all eyes turn:
Luce nihil gestum, nihil est Diomede remoto,Ov. M. 13, 100.—Of a beloved person:
o lux salve candida,Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 34.—
II Trop.
A The sight of all men, the public view, the public, the world:
nec vero ille in luce modo, atque in oculis civium magnus sed intus domique praestantior,Cic. Sen. 4, 12: Isocrates forensi luce caruit, id. Brut. 8, 32:
familiam abjectam et obscu ram e tenebris in lucem vocare,id. Deiot. 11, 30:
res occultas aperire in lucemque proferre,id. Ac. 2, 19, 62.—
B Light, encouragement, help, succor:
lux quaedam videbatur oblata, non modo regno, sed etiam regni timore sublato,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 40:
civibus lucem ingenii et consilii porrigere,id. de Or. 1, 40, 184; cf.:
lucem adferre rei publicae,id. Manil. 12, 33.—
C A light, an ornament:
hanc urbem, lucem orbis terrarum,Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:
genus sine luce,undistinguished, obscure, Sil. 8, 248.—
D Light, illustration, elucidation:
historia testis temporum, lux veritatis,Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36.—
E That which enlightens, the source of illumination: ratio quasi quaedam lux lumenque vitae. Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 26; cf.:
ego sum lux mundi,Vulg. John, 8, 12; id. ib. 12, 26.