luminare

Aromanian

Noun

luminare f

  1. Alternative form of luminari

Italian

FWOTD – 30 May 2018

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.miˈna.re/, [l̺umiˈn̺äːr̺e̞]
  • Stress: luminàre
  • Hyphenation: lu‧mi‧na‧re

Etymology 1

From Late Latin lūmināre (“star” ← “light” ← “opening that lets light in”).

Noun

luminare m (plural luminari)

  1. (obsolete) A shining heavenly body (especially said of the Sun and the Moon).
    • 1754, Niccolò Maria Bona, “Panegirico in onore de' SS. Cosma, e Damiano [Panegyric in honor of St. Cosmas and Damian]”, in Panegirici ed orazioni [Panegyrics and Prayers]‎ (in Italian, Latin), Venice: Giovanni Tevernin, page 89:
      maraviglia non è, ſe fino da' primieri lor anni […] ſì ſplendidamente eſſi folgoreggiaſſero, come i due luminari del Cielo
      it's no wonder that, ever since their early years, they were so magnificently blazing like the two lights of the sky [the Sun and the Moon]
  2. (figuratively) One who has achieved success in their field; leading light, luminary.
  3. (archaeology) A vertical opening in a catacomb meant to let light and air inside.
  4. (obsolete, rare) illumination, luminary

Etymology 2

From Latin lūmināre, present active infinitive form of lūminō (“I illuminate, brighten”).

Verb

luminare

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to illuminate, lighten, light up
  2. (literary, rare, intransitive) to shine, glow
    • 1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Novelle della Pescara‎, published 2016, page 285:
      Una specie di mollezza esotica pareva spargersi nel tramonto. Sorgevano, nella fantasia popolare, le rive favoleggiate e luminavano.
      A sort of exotic softness seemed to be spreading in the sunset. In the popular imagination, the fantasized-upon coasts were rising and shining.
    • Synonym: risplendere
Conjugation

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luː.miˈnaː.re/, [ɫuː.mɪˈnaː.rɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.miˈna.re/, [lu.miˈnaː.re]

Etymology 1

From lūmen (“light”) +‎ -āris.

Noun

lūmināre n (genitive lūmināris); third declension

  1. (literally) That which gives light; enlightener
  2. a window-shutter, window (that lets light in)
  3. (Late Latin, in the plural) light, lamp (such as those lighted in churches in honor of martyrs)
  4. (Late Latin, in the plural) A luminary; especially a heavenly body.
Declension

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lūmināre lūmināria
genitive lūmināris lūminārium
dative lūminārī lūmināribus
accusative lūmināre lūmināria
ablative lūminārī lūmināribus
vocative lūmināre lūmināria
Descendants

References

  • luminare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luminare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

lūmināre

  1. present active infinitive of lūminō
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative of lūminō
  3. second-person singular present passive indicative of lūminō

Romanian

Etymology

lumina +‎ -re

Noun

luminare f (plural luminări)

  1. act of lighting, illuminating, shining
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