luculentus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the oblique stem luc- of lūx (“light”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /luː.kuˈlen.tus/, [ɫ̪uːkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.kuˈlen.tus/, [lukuˈlɛn̪t̪us]
Adjective
[edit]lūculentus (feminine lūculenta, neuter lūculentum, superlative lūculentissimus, adverb lūculenter); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lūculentus | lūculenta | lūculentum | lūculentī | lūculentae | lūculenta | |
| genitive | lūculentī | lūculentae | lūculentī | lūculentōrum | lūculentārum | lūculentōrum | |
| dative | lūculentō | lūculentae | lūculentō | lūculentīs | |||
| accusative | lūculentum | lūculentam | lūculentum | lūculentōs | lūculentās | lūculenta | |
| ablative | lūculentō | lūculentā | lūculentō | lūculentīs | |||
| vocative | lūculente | lūculenta | lūculentum | lūculentī | lūculentae | lūculenta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italian: luculento
References
[edit]- “luculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luculentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum luculentum
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum luculentum