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ē-nĭtĕo, tŭi, 2, v. n., to shine forth, shine out, gleam, brighten (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: fruges enitent, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; cf.: myrtus floridis ramulis, Cat. 61, 21: campus, Verg. G. 2, 211: caelum, i. e. to become fine again, clear up, Gell. 19, 1, 7: tantum egregio decus enitet ore, Verg. A. 4, 150.
  2. II. Trop., to shine forth, to be eminent, distinguished (a favorite expression of Cicero): quod in eis orationibus, quae Philippicae nominantur, enituerat Demosthenes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Inv. 2, 2, 5; id. de Or. 2, 28 fin.; id. Fl. 7, 17: virtus in bello, id. Mur. 14 fin.; cf. Liv. 1, 42; 4, 3: oratio Crassi, Cic. Brut. 59, 215; Liv. 22, 27.

ē-nĭtesco, -nitŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to shine forth, shine out, become bright (freq. in the post-Aug. per.).

  1. I. Lit.: ut (oculi) in hilaritate enitescant, Quint. 11, 3, 75.
    Poet.: enitescis pulchrior multo (Barine), Hor. C. 2, 8, 6.
  2. II. Trop., to shine forth, become distinguished: sibi novum bellum exoptabat, ubi virtus enitescere posset, Sall. C. 54, 4: gloria, Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57; cf. Gell. 17, 21, 33: facundia, Quint. 10, 5, 14; cf. Tac. Or. 20: utque studiis honestis et eloquentiae gloria enitesceret, id. A. 12, 58: plebs togā (i. e. pacis artibus), id. ib. 11, 7.