verb transitive

col-lustro

2nd PP col-lustrāre · 3rd PP col-lustrāvi · 4th PP col-lustrātum · conj. 1st

to lighten on all sides; to illumine; brighten

to lighten on all sides, to illumine, brighten (rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).

Prop.: sol omnia clarissimā luce collustrans, Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 92; id. Div. 2,… •

Prop.: sol omnia clarissimā luce collustrans, Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 92; id. Div. 2, 43, 91; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (al. lustret).—*

the brilliantly colored; bright by extension

Transf.: collustrata in picturis, the brilliantly colored, bright (opp. opaca), Cic. Or. 11, 36.—

to consider a thing on all sides; to inspect; survey figuratively •

Trop., to consider a thing on all sides, to inspect, survey: omnia oculis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65: omnia, Verg. A. 3, 651: cuncta, Tac. A. 2, 45.

Perseus ID: n9119 Key: collustro