fulgens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of fulgeō or fulgō (“I shine”).

Participle

fulgēns (genitive fulgentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. shining, glittering
2. (figuratively) being conspicuous or illustrious

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	fulgēns			fulgentēs	fulgentia
genitive	fulgentis			fulgentium
dative	fulgentī			fulgentibus
accusative	fulgentem	fulgēns		fulgentēs fulgentīs	fulgentia
ablative	fulgente fulgentī1			fulgentibus
vocative	fulgēns			fulgentēs	fulgentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms

• (shining): nitēns

Descendants

• → Middle English: fulgent
  • English: fulgent
• → Middle French: fulgent
• → Translingual: Ailurus fulgens m (“red panda”)

References

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