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Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- cŏruscus, a, um, adj. [corusco, II.] (poet.). I. In waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous:
silvae
, Verg. A. 1, 164: ilices
, id. ib. 12, 701.—Humorously: omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor
, i. e. trembling
, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42.—II. Flashing, gleaming, glittering: fulgura
, Lucr. 5, 296.—So of lightning: ignis
, Lucr. 6, 203; Hor. C. 1, 34, 6: lumina
, Lucr. 6, 283.—Also: vis fulminis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: sol
, Verg. G. 1, 234; cf.: radii (solis)
, Ov. M. 1, 768: lampades
, id. ib. 12, 247: viri ferro auroque
, Stat. Th. 4, 9; cf. in Greek constr.: cristis capita alta corusci
, Verg. A. 9, 678. —B. Transf., brilliant, e)nqu/mhma, Gell. 17, 20, 4.—Subst.: cŏruscum, i, n., lightning, Venant. 3, 4.
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