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translucere

translucere [CL], to be translucent, (also) to be light or bright (with light passing through). b (pr. ppl. as adj.) translucent. lapis selenites ‥ lunae continens imaginem fulgore candido ‥ ~et Bede TR 28.  b illud ‥ quo existente medio fit visus est pervium et ~ens ‥ paries autem non est pervius nec ~ens J. Blund An. 116; dicitur ‥ lux in comparatione ad rem ~entem et color in comparatione ad rem coloratam. lux ‥ secundum quod lux, est qualitas que ex essentia sua est perfectio ~entis Ib. 123; pervium, transparens, translucens et lucidum et luce transeunte Bacon MS 96; mare translucens mergitur in obscuris J. Howd. Cant. 100; iste humor diaphanus et ~ens est Ps.-Ric. Anat. 26.

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