[725] lūminōsus, a, um (lumen), lichtvoll, hell, I) eig.: omnia aedificia ut luminosa sint oportet curari, Vitr. 6, 6. § 6: oleum luminosius, Augustin. epist. 78, 9. – II) übtr., lichtvoll, lichtreich, hervorstechend, sunt maxime luminosae et quasi actuosae partes duae (orationis), Cic. or. 125: luminosissima caritas, Augustin. epist. 145, 6.