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lūx

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lūx lūcis, f Source etymology: LVC- , light, brightness : solis ac lychnorum: Stella facem ducens multā cum luce, V.: auctor Lucis (i. e. Sol), O.: siderea, heavenly , O.: donec lux occidat, till sunset , Iu.— The light of day, daylight, day : usque ad lucem vigilare, T.: lux ubi adventabat, S.: ante lucem: primā luce, at dawn , Cs.: luce sub ipsā, at the point of day , V.: Dormiet in lucem, till day is advanced , H.: luce reversā, Iu.: luce occidi, in open day : luci adgredi.—Plur, the heavenly bodies : Illae, quae fulgent luces.— A day : centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodi: longiore luce opus est, L.: anxia nocte, Anxia luce gemit, O.: Natali die mihi dulcior haec lux, Iu.: vocat lux ultima victos, i. e. death , V.: aestiva, summer , V.: brumalis, winter , O.— Life : me reducem in lucem facere, T.: corpora luce carentum, i. e. of the dead , V.: simul atque editi in lucem sumus: aeterna, O.— An eye, the eyesight : damnum lucis ademptae, O.— A light : O lux Dardaniae, i. e. Hector , V.: Luce nihil gestum, nihil est Diomede remoto, O.—Fig., the sight of men, public view, the public, the world : in luce atque in oculis civium magnus: forensi luce carere: res occultissimas in lucem proferre. — Light, encouragement, help, succor : lux quaedam videbatur oblata, regno sublato: lucem adferre rei p.: Lucem redde patriae, H.— A light, ornament : urbs, lux orbis terrarum.— Light, illustration, elucidation : historia lux veritatis.— That which enlightens, source of illumination : ratio quasi quaedam lux vitae.

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