Fulgor, sulgôris, pen. prod. m. g. Plin. Brightnesse: shining: lightning: great noblenesse and glorie.Armorum fulgor. Horat. Dextri fulgores.Cic.Brightnesse or lightnings in the east or right side of the firmament.Eximio fulgore corona.Cic.Exceeding bright.Mortalis fulgor siderum, Vide MORIOR.Nubilans fulgor carbunculi, Vide NVBES.Tremulo fulgore micantes oculi.Ouid.Eies casting foorth a glittering brightnesie.Fulgor repidus. Plin. Fulgores & tonitrua.Cic.Lightning and thunder.Fulgore collucere atque illustrari.Cic.Fulgore coruscant.Virg.Stuper insanis acies fulgoribus. Horat. Exceediug greate brightnesse dazeleth the eies.Fulgor Alexandri Magni. Plin. The exceeding greate glorie of Alexander.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fulgor, ōris, m. [fulgeo], lightning, a flash of lightning (mostly poet. for fulgur): fulgorem quoque cernimus ante Quam tonitrum accipimus, Lucr. 6, 170 Lachm. N. cr.; so ib. 217; Verg. A. 8, 524; Ov. M. 7, 619.—In plur.: prospera Juppiter his dextris fulgoribus edit, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf. id. Rep. 6, 17: (anhelitus terrae) cum se in nubem induerint, tum et fulgores et tonitrua exsistere, id. Div. 2, 19, 44.—II.Transf., flash, glitter, gleam, brightness, splendor (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). A.Lit.: cujus (candelabri) fulgore collucere atque illustrari Jovis templum oportebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, 71; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: armorum, Hor. C. 2, 1, 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 30: vestis, Ov. M. 11, 617; cf.: purpureae abollae, Suet. Calig. 35: speculorum, Plin. 7, 15, 13, 64; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 68: solis, Plin. 11, 37, 54, 142; Suet. Aug. 79: carbunculi, Plin. 37, 7, 25, 93: oculos tremulo fulgore micantes, Ov. A. A. 2, 721: fulgor ab auro, Lucr. 2, 51: non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, Hor. A. P. 143: stellae solis fulgore obumbrantur, Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 11.—In plur.: cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus, i. e.
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, Hor. S. 2, 2, 5.— 2. Concr., a shining star: deinde est hominum generi prosperus et salutaris ille fulgor, qui dicitur Jovis, Cic. Rep. 6, 17.—B.Trop., brightness, splendor, glory, renown: nominis et famae quondam fulgore trahebar, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 39: gloriae, Val. Max. 8, 1, 11; cf.: omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit, Quint. 10, 1, 72: urit fulgore suo qui praegravat artes, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13: avitus, Vell. 2, 4 fin.: rerum, Plin. 7, 26, 27, 95.