luculentus
Latin
Etymology
From the oblique stem luc- of lūx (“light”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luː.kuˈlen.tus/, [ɫuː.kʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.kuˈlen.tus/
Adjective
lūculentus (feminine lūculenta, neuter lūculentum); first/second declension
- full of light, bright, splendid
- distinguished, excellent
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | lūculentus | lūculenta | lūculentum | lūculentī | lūculentae | lūculenta | |
| genitive | lūculentī | lūculentae | lūculentī | lūculentōrum | lūculentārum | lūculentōrum | |
| dative | lūculentō | lūculentō | lūculentīs | ||||
| accusative | lūculentum | lūculentam | lūculentum | lūculentōs | lūculentās | lūculenta | |
| ablative | lūculentō | lūculentā | lūculentō | lūculentīs | |||
| vocative | lūculente | lūculenta | lūculentum | lūculentī | lūculentae | lūculenta | |
Descendants
- Italian: luculento
References
- 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum luculentum
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum luculentum
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