Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

claro

claro, to make bright, exhibit

clāro, āvi, 1, v. a. [clarus], to make bright or clear, to illuminate (poet. and very rare).
  • I Lit.: Juppiter excelsā clarabat sceptra columnā, showed, exhibited, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21: aestatis primordia, id. Arat. 39: iter longae limite flammae, Stat. Th. 5, 286.—
  • II Trop.
    • A Mentally, to make clear, evident, to explain, illustrate, set forth: animae naturam versibus, Lucr. 3, 36: multa, id. 4, 778: obscura, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 51, 15.—
    • B Morally, to make illustrious, to render famous: illum non labor Isthmius Clarabit pugilem, * Hor. C. 4, 3, 4.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list