lucubratio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lūcubrō (“work by night, candlelight or lamplight; compose by night, candlelight or lamplight”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /luː.kuˈbraː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪uːkʊˈbräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.kuˈbrat.t͡si.o/, [lukuˈbrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]lūcubrātiō f (genitive lūcubrātiōnis); third declension
- The act of working by night, candlelight or lamplight; lucubration, nocturnal study, night work.
- Anything made, produced or composed at night, candlelight or lamplight; lucubration, night work.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lūcubrātiō | lūcubrātiōnēs |
| genitive | lūcubrātiōnis | lūcubrātiōnum |
| dative | lūcubrātiōnī | lūcubrātiōnibus |
| accusative | lūcubrātiōnem | lūcubrātiōnēs |
| ablative | lūcubrātiōne | lūcubrātiōnibus |
| vocative | lūcubrātiō | lūcubrātiōnēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: lucubration
- Portuguese: lucubração
- Spanish: lucubración
References
[edit]- “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