1. rĕ-nīdĕo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-nīdĕo (
I perf. reniduit, e)meidi/asen, Gloss. Philox.), ēre, v. n. perh. kindr. with ni/zw, to shine again, shine back; to glitter, glisten, be bright or resplendent (poet. and not freq. till after the Aug. period).
I Lit.:
nec domus argento fulgenti auroque renidet,Lucr. 2, 27:
ut pura nocturno renidet Luna mari Gnidiusve Gyges,Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:
non ebur neque aureum Meā renidet in domo lacunar,id. ib. 2, 18, 2; so,
sparsa orichalca,Stat. Th. 10, 660:
ostrum, Petr. poët. 119, 29: circum renidentes Lares,i. e. shining from the reflection of the fire, Hor. Epod. 2, 66: late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, with gleaming brass (of arms), Verg. G. 2, 282 (cf.:
aere renidescit tellus,Lucr. 2, 326).—
II Trop. *
A In gen., to shine:
jam sola renidet in Stilichone salus,Claud. in Eutr. 2, 501.—
B In partic., to shine or beam for joy, to be glad, cheerful:
(puer Icarus) ore renidenti Captabat plumas,Ov. M. 8, 197; Val. Fl. 4, 234:
tractabat ceram puer pennasque renidens,id. A. A. 2, 49:
puer,Stat. Th. 4, 789; cf.:
hilarior protinus renidet oratio,Quint. 12, 10, 28.— With object-clause, as cause of the joy: adjecisse praedam Torquibus exiguis renidet, rejoices, Hor. C. 3, 6, 12.—
2 Transf. (by a natural figure, as, conversely, ridere is used poet. for splendere, Hor. C. 4, 11, 6 al.), to smile, laugh (syn. subrideo):
homo renidens,smiling, Liv. 35, 49; Tac. A. 15, 66:
ad haec renidens Milo ... inquit,App. M. 2, p. 120, 16:
Tiberius torvus aut falsum renidens vultu,Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.:
torvum renidens,Amm. 14, 9, 6; Tac. H. 4, 43:
renidenti cohibens suspiria vultu,Val. Fl. 4, 359:
(Cupido) Iste lascivus puer ac renidens,Sen. Hippol. 277:
Egnatius quod candidos habet dentes, Renidet usquequaque,Cat. 39, 1 sq.— *
b With dat. (like arridere), to smile upon, be gracious to:
mihi renidens Fortuna,App. M. 10, p. 246, 17.