transluceo

Latin

Alternative forms

• trālūceō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *trānts

Latin trāns

Latin trāns-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.

Proto-Italic *loukēō

Latin lūceō

Latin trānslūceō

From trāns- +‎ lūceō (“shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /transˈluː.ke.oː/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠ˈɫ̪uːkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /transˈlu.t͡ʃe.o/, [t̪ränzˈluːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

trānslūceō (present infinitive trānslūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to shine across
2. to shine or show through; to be transparent or translucent

Conjugation

• Perfect forms like trānslūxit are rare and non-Classical.

   Conjugation of trānslūceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trānslūceō	trānslūcēs	trānslūcet	trānslūcēmus	trānslūcētis	trānslūcent
	imperfect	trānslūcēbam	trānslūcēbās	trānslūcēbat	trānslūcēbāmus	trānslūcēbātis	trānslūcēbant
	future	trānslūcēbō	trānslūcēbis	trānslūcēbit	trānslūcēbimus	trānslūcēbitis	trānslūcēbunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trānslūceam	trānslūceās	trānslūceat	trānslūceāmus	trānslūceātis	trānslūceant
imperfect	trānslūcērem	trānslūcērēs	trānslūcēret	trānslūcērēmus	trānslūcērētis	trānslūcērent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	trānslūcē	—	—	trānslūcēte	—
	future	—	trānslūcētō	trānslūcētō	—	trānslūcētōte	trānslūcentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		trānslūcēre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		trānslūcēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		trānslūcendī	trānslūcendō	trānslūcendum	trānslūcendō	—	—

Related terms

• allūceō
• circumlūceō
• collūceō
• dīlūceō
• ēlūceō
• illūceō
• interlūceō
• lūceō
• pellūceō / perlūceō
• praelūceō
• prōlūceō
• relūceō
• sublūceō
• superlūceō

Descendants

• Old French: tresluisir, tresluire
  • French: traluire
  • Norman: trélîser
• Italian: tralucere
• Occitan: treslusir
• Spanish: traslucir, translucir

References

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