1. niteo — de Vaan
niteo 'to be radiant, shine' [v. II; pf. nitui\ (PL+) Derivatives: nitor [m.] 'brightness, elegance' (PL+), nitidus 'bright, elegant' (PL+), — [de Vaan, s.v. niteo, p. 424]
The corpus record — Latin
niteo
niteo
to be radiant, shine
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Where it lives
- Fescinnina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 18.25/10k
- Medicamina faciei femineae 1 · 16.31/10k
- Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
- Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
- Mosella 3 · 9.23/10k
- Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
- Silvae 22 · 8.78/10k
- Commemoratio professorum Burdigalensium 2 · 7.61/10k
- Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
- Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
- Diadumenus Antoninus 1 · 5.99/10k
- Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Densest 12 of 131 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. nĭtĕo — Lewis & Short
nĭtĕo, ēre (
I gen. plur nitentūm, Verg. Cir. 523), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. nix, to shine, look bright, glitter, glisten (cf., luceo, fulgeo splendeo).
I Lit.:
placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum,Lucr. 1, 9:
luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere,id. 5, 705:
qui nitent unguentis, fulgent purpurā,Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:
diversi niteant cum mille colores,Ov. M. 6, 65:
vere nitent terrae,id. F. 4, 126:
aera nitent usu,id. Am. 1, 8, 51; so,
ebur,Tib. 1, 4, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19; Mart. 9, 58, 6; 8, 6, 10 et saep.—
B Transf.
1 Of animals, to be sleek, in good condition:
at hau pol nitent (oves),Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:
unde sic quaeso nites?Phaedr. 3, 7, 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 27; cf.:
hic nitet ungula mulae,Juv. 7, 181.—
2 Of persons, to shine, to look bright or beautiful:
miseri quibus Intentata nites! ( = pulchra et amabilis videris),Hor. C. 1, 5, 12:
ore nitet,Mart. 10, 89, 3:
nitet ante alias regina comesque Pelides,Stat. Achill. 2, 148:
murice tincta Veste nites,Mart. 5, 23, 6.—
3 Of fields, plants, etc., to look flourishing, thriving, to thrive, etc.:
camposque nitentes Desuper ostentat,Verg. A. 6, 677:
ubi tellus nitet,Petr. 99; cf. Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26.—
4 Of a house:
tibi hoc praecipio ut niteant aedes,be in complete order, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 281.—
5 Of wealth, etc., to flourish, abound:
vectigal in pace niteat,Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21:
res ubi magna nitet domino sene,Hor. S. 2, 5, 12. —
II Trop., to shine, be brilliant, look or be beautiful: ver vide;
ut tota floret, ut olet, ut nitide nitet,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:
illorum, vides, quam niteat oratio,Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; so,
ubi plura nitent in carmine,Hor. A. P. 351:
omnia nobilibus oppidis ni tent,Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—Hence, nĭtens, entis, P. a., shining, glittering, glistening, brilliant, bright.
A Lit.:
capilli malobathro,Hor. C. 2, 7, 7:
mensae,id. S. 2, 2, 4:
oculi,Verg. A. 1, 228:
astra,Ov. F. 5, 543:
Lucifer,Tib. 1, 3, 93:
nitentes solis equi,Val. Fl. 5, 413:
arma nitentia ante rem, deformia inter sanguinem, etc.,Liv. 9, 40, 5.—
2 Transf.
a Of animals, sleek, fat:
nitens taurus,Verg. A. 3, 20.—
b Of persons, shining, bright, beautiful:
uxor ore floridulo nitens,Cat. 61, 189:
desiderio meo nitenti,my darling bright, id. 2, 5.—Comp.: nitentior femina, Ov. M. 12, 405 (Merkel, decentior).—
c Of plants, blooming:
nitentia culta,Verg. G. 1, 153:
arbor laeta et nitens,Gell. 12, 1, 16.—Comp.:
Tyrio nitentior ostro flos oritur,Ov. M. 10, 211.—
B Trop.
1 Illustrious:
recenti gloriā nitens,Liv. 3, 12:
non patre nitens linguāve,Sil. 6, 19. —
2 Of speech, brilliant, elegant:
oratio,Cic. Brut. 67, 238.—
3 Of the mind, bright, clear:
macte, oro, nitenti Ingenio,Stat. S. 1, 5, 63.
In the wild
- nitens Statius, Thebais 4.788
- nitens Silius Italicus, Punica 6.19
- nitebantur Sallust, Jugurtha 37
- nitentis Seneca, De Clementia 1.7.2
- nitentia Silius Italicus, Punica 13.780
- nitentis Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus 20.1
6 of 414 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. niteo (scan p. 424; entry #1149).
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