diluculum

Latin

Etymology

From diēs (“day”) +‎ lūx (“light”) +‎ -ulum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈluː.ku.lum/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪uːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈlu.ku.lum/, [d̪iˈluːkulum]

Noun

dīlūculum n (genitive dīlūculī); second declension

1. daybreak, dawn

   Synonyms: gallicinium, canticinium, ante lucem

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula
genitive	dīlūculī	dīlūculōrum
dative	dīlūculō	dīlūculīs
accusative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula
ablative	dīlūculō	dīlūculīs
vocative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula

Antonyms

• crepusculum

References

• “diluculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diluculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diluculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• diluculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the morning twilight: diluculo