lucubratio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From lūcubrō (work by night, candlelight or lamplight; compose by night, candlelight or lamplight) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lūcubrātiō f (genitive lūcubrātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of working by night, candlelight or lamplight; lucubration, nocturnal study, night work.
  2. Anything made, produced or composed at night, candlelight or lamplight; lucubration, night work.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: lucubration
  • Portuguese: lucubração
  • Spanish: lucubración

References

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  • lucubratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lucubratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lucubratio 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)
  • lucubratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • lucubratio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016