splendeō -, -, ēre, to shine, be bright, gleam, glitter, glisten: splendet pontus, V.: paternum Splendet salinum, H.: Glycera Splendens, H.

— Fig., to shine, be bright, be illustrious, be glorious: virtus splendet per sese: alienā invidiā, i. e. by the odium thrown on others, L.