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“shine” in Latin
clāritāsclarity, brightness, vividness; fame, glory, renownsplendorsheen, brightness, brilliance, luster, splendor; renown, famenītorto bear or rest upon something, lean on; to be supported by; to rely on; to trust; to be based on; to press forward, advcandora dazzling or glossy whiteness; clearness, radiance, brightness; fairness, beauty; glow, heatfulgorlightning; flash, glitter, gleam, brightness, splendoursplendeōto shine, glitter, gleam, glisten; to be bright; to be bright, distinguished or illustriousfulgeōto blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine; to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to niteōto be radiant, shine, look bright, glitter, sparkle, glisten; to be sleek or in good condition; to look flourishing or tmicōto vibrate, quiver; to twinkle, glitter, flash, gleam, beam, shine, to be bright; to trembleradiōto cause to radiate, irradiate; to radiate, emit beams
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shine s.
claritas: splendor: nitor: candor: fulgor. SYN. in BRIGHTNESS.
shine v.
PROP., splendere: fulgere: nitere [SYN. in SPLENDOR]: micare (to sparkle, twinkle; of bodies well shoot forth beams suddenly at intervals): ☞ rutilare (to shine with a gold color). radiare (to beam, cast beams): coruscare (to dart forth; of flames) and candere (to shine brightly) are only poetic: to shine with ivory and gold, ebore et auro fulgere.
Figuratively, splendere (to make a show): fulgere (to shine forth, in anybody, in aliquo, of good qualities): nitere (to be illustrious; e.g., recenti gloria): enitere or elucere (to be conspicuous; e.g., in bello, in foro; of persons and things, as virtues, etc.); by anything, aliqua re. To endeavor to shine with anything, se ostentare (especially externally, and in speech): honoris or gloriae cupidum esse (to strive after honor and glory).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shine?
- The usual Latin words for “shine” are clāritās, splendor, nītor; also candor, fulgor, splendeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.