I. 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.—
II. Transf., to move quickly, to vibrate, shake, brandish, wave, tremble, etc. (poet.).
(α).
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.—
(β).
Neutr., to flit, flutter, shake: “apes pennis coruscant,” Verg. G. 4, 73: “abies,” trembles, Juv. 3, 254.—
B. 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.