eniteo

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ niteō (“shine”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈni.te.oː/, [eːˈnɪt̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈni.te.o/, [eˈniːt̪eo]

ēniteō (present infinitive ēnitēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to shine forth or out, gleam; brighten

   Synonyms: candeō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō

2. (figuratively) to be distinguished or eminent

   Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, splendeō

   • c. 140 BCE, Accius, Atreus 20:

     Probae etsi in segetem sunt deteriorem datae / Fruges, tamen ipsae suapte natura enitent.

     Though seed be sown on unpropitious soil, / It springs and ripens by its innate virtue.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.149–150:

     [...] haud illō sēgnior ībat / Aenēās; tantum ēgregiō decus ēnitet ōre.

     [...] that by no means was Aeneas preparing to go with any less grace [than Apollo]; as great a glory shone forth from [the man’s] most noble face.
     (Aeneas is beyond distinguished; in this simile he appears to “radiate” god-like traits, at least as perceived by Dido.)

• ēnitēscō
• ēnītor

• “eniteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eniteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eniteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.