Light: brightnesse: shining. Aquæ splendor. Lucret. Argenti splendor. Horar. Clarus splendor vestis purpureæ. Lucret. Liquido splendore nitere. Germanicus. Niger splendor. Plin. A blacke shining as in a thing vernished. Tremuli spiendores. Claud. Nitidus splendor speculi. Virg. Nitenti splendore gemma micans. Priscianus. Splendor, per translationem. Cicer. Honour: noblenesse: glorie: renowne: bruite: excellencie. Imperij nostri splendor illis gentibus lucet. Cic. The glorie of, &c. Omnia ad gloriam, splendoremque reuocant. Cic. Summo splendore præditi. Cice. Of exceeding great glorie and renewne. Splendor & amplitudo. Cic. Splendor & dignitas. Cic. Equestris splendor. Cic. Homo eo splendore, ea virtute qua omnes existimatis, &c. Cicero. Splendor nominis. Cic. Splendor ordinis. Cic. Verborum splendor. Cicero. The beautie and elegancie of wordes. Splendor vocis Plin. The cleerenesse of the voice. Accersere splendorem, Vide ACCERSO. Afferre splendorem, Vide AFFERO. Obscurare & inquinare splendorem. Cic. Obsoleuit splendor. Cic. The glorie is decayed or worne away. Obtinere suæ dignitatis splendorem. Cic. Parum splendoris habere Horat. Habere magnum splendorem in voce. Cic. Trahere splendorem. Plin. To become bright: to get fame and renowne.

I. Lit.

A. In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: fulgor, nitor): splendor acer adurit saepe oculos, Lucr. 4, 304: splendor clipeo clarior, Plaut Mil. 1, 1, 1: caelum splendore plenum, id. Merc. 5, 2, 39: flammae, Ov. F. 5, 366: auri (with nitor gemmae), Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63: argenti, Hor. S. 1, 4, 28: jussine in splendorem dare bullas has foribus nostris? to be polished, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20; cf. id. Aul. 4, 1, 16: clarus vestis purpureaï, Lucr. 2, 52; cf.: magnificus Babylonicorum, id. 4, 1029: aquaï, clearness, id. 4, 211: aquarum, Front. Aquaed. 89: minii, Plin. 33, 7, 40, 121: lapidis phengitae, Suet. Dom. 14 et saep.—Plur.: nitores et splendores auri, Gell. 2, 6, 4: tremuli splendores, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 123. —

B. In partic., of style of living, etc., splendor, magnificence, sumptuousness (class.; syn. magnificentia): (majores nostri) in publicā dignitate omnia ad gloriam splendoremque revocarunt, Cic. Fl. 12, 28: si quem horum aliquid offendit, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor, id. Cael. 31, 77: splendor domūs atque victūs, Gell. 1, 14, 1.—

II. Trop., lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence, etc. (so most freq. in Cic.): honesti homines et summo splendore praediti, Cic. Clu. 69, 198: summorum hominum splendor, id. de Or. 1, 45, 200: senator populi Romani, splendor ordinis, id. Caecin. 10, 28: equester, id. Rosc. Am. 48, 140; cf. id. Fam. 1, 3, 1; 1, 12, 27: imperii, id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: animi et vitae, id. Rep. 2, 42, 69: vitae, Liv. 3, 35, 1: dignitatis, Cic. Sull. 1: M. Catonis splendorem maculare, id. Sest. 28, 60: harum rerum splendor omnis et amplitudo, id. Off. 1, 20, 67: splendore nominis capti, id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: verborum Graecorum, id. Or. 49, 164; cf. id. ib. 31, 110; Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 111: actio ejus habebat in voce magnum splendorem, clearness, Cic. Brut. 68, 239; so, vocis, id. ib. 71, 250; Plin. 20, 6, 21, 47.