illustro
See also: illustrò and il·lustro
Italian
Verb
illustro
- first-person singular present indicative of illustrare
Latin
Etymology
From in- + lūstrō (“to purify via sacrifice; to illuminate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ilˈluːs.troː/, [ɪlˈlʲuːs̠t̪roː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈlus.tro/, [ilˈlust̪ro]
Verb
illūstrō (present infinitive illūstrāre, perfect active illūstrāvī, supine illūstrātum); first conjugation
- I illuminate, brighten, light up.
- I elucidate, explain, make clear.
- I make famous, render illustrious.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of illūstrō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | illūstrō | illūstrās | illūstrat | illūstrāmus | illūstrātis | illūstrant |
| imperfect | illūstrābam | illūstrābās | illūstrābat | illūstrābāmus | illūstrābātis | illūstrābant | |
| future | illūstrābō | illūstrābis | illūstrābit | illūstrābimus | illūstrābitis | illūstrābunt | |
| perfect | illūstrāvī | illūstrāvistī | illūstrāvit | illūstrāvimus | illūstrāvistis | illūstrāvērunt, illūstrāvēre | |
| pluperfect | illūstrāveram | illūstrāverās | illūstrāverat | illūstrāverāmus | illūstrāverātis | illūstrāverant | |
| future perfect | illūstrāverō | illūstrāveris | illūstrāverit | illūstrāverimus | illūstrāveritis | illūstrāverint | |
| passive | present | illūstror | illūstrāris, illūstrāre | illūstrātur | illūstrāmur | illūstrāminī | illūstrantur |
| imperfect | illūstrābar | illūstrābāris, illūstrābāre | illūstrābātur | illūstrābāmur | illūstrābāminī | illūstrābantur | |
| future | illūstrābor | illūstrāberis, illūstrābere | illūstrābitur | illūstrābimur | illūstrābiminī | illūstrābuntur | |
| perfect | illūstrātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | illūstrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | illūstrātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | illūstrem | illūstrēs | illūstret | illūstrēmus | illūstrētis | illūstrent |
| imperfect | illūstrārem | illūstrārēs | illūstrāret | illūstrārēmus | illūstrārētis | illūstrārent | |
| perfect | illūstrāverim | illūstrāverīs | illūstrāverit | illūstrāverīmus | illūstrāverītis | illūstrāverint | |
| pluperfect | illūstrāvissem | illūstrāvissēs | illūstrāvisset | illūstrāvissēmus | illūstrāvissētis | illūstrāvissent | |
| passive | present | illūstrer | illūstrēris, illūstrēre | illūstrētur | illūstrēmur | illūstrēminī | illūstrentur |
| imperfect | illūstrārer | illūstrārēris, illūstrārēre | illūstrārētur | illūstrārēmur | illūstrārēminī | illūstrārentur | |
| perfect | illūstrātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | illūstrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | illūstrā | — | — | illūstrāte | — |
| future | — | illūstrātō | illūstrātō | — | illūstrātōte | illūstrantō | |
| passive | present | — | illūstrāre | — | — | illūstrāminī | — |
| future | — | illūstrātor | illūstrātor | — | — | illūstrantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | illūstrāre | illūstrāvisse | illūstrātūrum esse | illūstrārī | illūstrātum esse | illūstrātum īrī | |
| participles | illūstrāns | — | illūstrātūrus | — | illūstrātus | illūstrandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| illūstrandī | illūstrandō | illūstrandum | illūstrandō | illūstrātum | illūstrātū | ||
Related terms
- illūstrāmentum
- illūstrātiō
- illūstrātor
- illūstrātus
- illūstrē
- illūstris
Descendants
- Catalan: il·lustrar
- English: illustrate
- Esperanto: ilustri
- French: illustrer
- German: illustrieren
- Ido: ilustrar
- Italian: illustrare
- Piedmontese: ilustré
- Portuguese: ilustrar
- Romanian: ilustra
- Russian: иллюстрировать (illjustrirovatʹ)
- Spanish: ilustrar
References
- “illustro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illustro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
- to write expositions of philosophy in Latin: philosophiam latinis litteris illustrare (Acad. 1. 1. 3)
- to depict a thing in lively colours: summo colore aliquid illustrare
- to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
- illustro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016