perlucidus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-01-20
Meanings
Literal translation
very bright
Categories
brightness
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. brilliant

1.a brilliant brightness

sin illustris et perlucida stella apparuerit, significari caelum esse tenue purumque et propterea salubre.

‘but if the star appears clear and brilliant, this is a sign that the atmosphere is light and pure and, as a consequence, will be conducive to good health.’

— Cicero, De Divinatione 1.57

Genre: philosophy Provenance: Rome Date: 44 BC

Cicero. On Old Age. On Friendship. On Divination. Translated by W. A. Falconer. Loeb Classical Library 154. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923. 364-365

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). perlucidus (Lemma #2739). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2739/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). perlucidus (Lemma #2739). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2739/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). perlucidus (Lemma #2739). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2739/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) perlucidus (Lemma #2739), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2739/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2739,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {perlucidus ({Lemma} #2739)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2739/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2739/},
}