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LNS

coruscō, coruscāre, -, -

root scar, to leap; Gr., σκαίρω, ; cf. also, κορύσσω, ; v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v.

verb (1^st conjugation)

To thrust or push with the horns
to move quickly, to vibrate, shake, brandish, wave, tremble
to flash, glitter, gleam, coruscate

Abbreviations

corusco, āre, v. a. and n. (the access. form conisco is found in some copies of Lucr. 2, 320, and Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21) [root scar-, to leap; Gr. σκαίρω; cf. also κορύσσω; v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v.]. To thrust or push with the horns (very rare): agni ludunt blandeque coruscant, Lucr. 2, 320: frontem, Juv. 12, 6: caput opponis cum eo coruscans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21.

— Transf., to move quickly, to vibrate, shake, brandish, wave, tremble, etc. (poet.). Act.: duo Gaesa manu, Verg. A. 8, 661: hastam, id. ib. 12, 431: telum, id. ib. 12, 887; Sil. 1, 434: ferrum, Val. Fl. 2, 228 al.: linguas (colubrae), Ov. M. 4, 494: alternos apices (flammae), Stat. Th. 12, 432.

— Neutr., to flit, flutter, shake: apes pennis coruscant, Verg. G. 4, 73: abies, trembles, Juv. 3, 254.

— In partic., of the tremulous motion of fire, lightning, or brilliant bodies, to flash, glitter, gleam, coruscate: flamma inter nubes coruscat, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: elucent aliae (apes) et fulgore coruscant, Verg. G. 4, 98: Juppiter arce, Val. Fl. 5, 304: telisque salum facibusque coruscat, id. 1, 703: coruscans clipeus, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 29 al.