Lucifer

Lucifer

See also: lucifer, Lúcifer, and lucífer

English

G.H. Frezza, Lucifer, 1704

Etymology

From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer, from lūx (“light”) + ferō (“bear, carry”). Attested in Old English as Lūcifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈluːsɪfə/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Lucifer

1. (literary) The planet Venus as the daystar.

   Synonym: Phosphorus

   Antonym: Vesper

2. (biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
3. Satan, the Devil.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

Derived terms

• Luciferic
• Luciferian
• Luciferist
• proud as Lucifer

Translations

figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12

Albanian: Lucifer m (indefinite), Luciferi m (definite) Arabic: شَيْخ النَّار‎ m (šayḵ an-nār) Armenian: Լուսաբեր (Lusaber), Լուցիֆեր (Lucʿifer) Belarusian: Люцыфе́р m (Ljucyfjér), Люцы́пар m (Ljucýpar) Bulgarian: Лу́цифер m (Lúcifer) Catalan: Llucifer m Chinese: Cantonese: 路西法 (lou6 sai1 faat3) Mandarin: 路西法 (zh) (Lùxīfǎ) Czech: Lucifer (cs) m Danish: Lucifer c Dutch: Lucifer (nl) m Estonian: Lucifer (et) Finnish: Kointähti French: Lucifer (fr) m Georgian: ლუციფერი (luciperi) German: Luzifer (de) m Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 m (auzandil) Greek: Εωσφόρος (el) (Eosfóros) Ancient: Ἑωσφόρος m (Heōsphóros) Hebrew: הֵילֵל בֶּן שַׁחַר‎ (he) (helél ben shaḥár) Hindi: लूसिफ़र m (lūsifar) Icelandic: Lúsífer m Italian: Lucifero m Japanese: ルシファー (Rushifā) Korean: 루시퍼 (Rusipeo) Latvian: Lucifers m Lithuanian: Liuciferis m Macedonian: Луцифер m (Lucifer) Norwegian: Bokmål: Lucifer m Old English: lēohtberend m Persian: لوسیفر‎ (lusifar) Polish: Lucyfer (pl) m Portuguese: Lúcifer (pt) m Romanian: Lucifer m Russian: Люцифе́р (ru) m (Ljucifér) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лу̀цифер m Roman: Lùcifer (sh) m Slovak: Lucifer m Slovene: Lucifer (sl) m Spanish: Lucifer Swedish: Lucifer c Tagalog: Lusiper Thai: ลูซิเฟอร์ Turkish: Lüsifır Ukrainian: Люцифе́р (uk) m (Ljucyfér) Urdu: لوسیفر‎ m (lūsifar)

Venus, the morning star

Armenian: Լուսաբեր (Lusaber), Լուսաստղ (Lusastł), Արուսյակ (hy) (Arusyak), Վեներա (hy) (Venera) Belarusian: дзянні́ца f (dzjanníca), зарані́ца f (zaraníca) Bulgarian: Вене́ра f (Venéra), зорни́ца f (zorníca) Czech: jitřenka (cs) f Finnish: kointähti (fi), aamutähti (fi) German: Luzifer (de) m Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 m (auzandil) Greek: Αφροδίτη (el) f (Afrodíti) Ancient: Ἀφροδίτη f (Aphrodítē), Ἑωσφόρος m (Heōsphóros) Hebrew: הֵילֵל‎ (hēlēl) Old English: ēarendel m Romanian: luceafăr (ro) m, luceafăr de dimineața m Russian: денни́ца (ru) f (denníca) Spanish: lucero (es) m, lucífero (es) m Ukrainian: денни́ця f (dennýcja), зірни́ця f (zirnýcja)

Venus — see Venus

morning star — see morning star

Further reading

• Lucifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ferulic

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Czech

Noun

Lucifer m

1. Lucifer (supreme evil spirit)

   Synonyms: Satan, Belzebub

Further reading

• Lucifer in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Lucifer in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Lucifer in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈly.siˌfɛr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lucifer m

1. Lucifer (mythological fallen angel)

See also

• lucifer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.si.fɛʁ/

Proper noun

Lucifer ?

1. Lucifer

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lūcifer (letter case)

Etymology

From lūx +‎ -fer, calque of Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ki.fer/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɪfɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈluːt͡ʃifer]

Proper noun

Lūcifer m sg (genitive Lūciferī); second declension

1. morning star, daystar, planet Venus
2. (biblical) Lucifer
3. (Greek mythology) Lucifer, the fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx
4. (poetic) day

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lūcifer
Genitive	Lūciferī
Dative	Lūciferō
Accusative	Lūciferum
Ablative	Lūciferō
Vocative	Lūcifer

Descendants

• Aromanian: lutseafir
• Romanian: luceafăr
• → Catalan: Llucifer
• → French: Lucifer
• → English: luciferous, Lucifer
• → Italian: lucifero, Lucifero
• → Portuguese: lucífero, Lúcifer
• → Romanian: Lucifer
• → Spanish: lucífero, Lucifer

Further reading

• “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Lucifer”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “Lucifer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Lucifer”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• Lucyfer, Lucyfere

Etymology

From Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliu̯sifər/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lucifer

1. Satan; the Devil; the supreme Christian figure of evil.
2. The planet Venus as the daystar.

Descendants

• English: Lucifer
• Scots: Lucifer

References

• “Lūcifer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-27.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the inherited doublet from the same source, luceafăr.

Proper noun

Lucifer m (genitive and dative lui Lucifer)

1. Lucifer

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǔt͡sifer/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lùcifer m (Cyrillic spelling Лу̀цифер)

1. Lucifer

Declension

Declension of Lucifer

	singular
nominative	Lucifer
genitive	Lucifera
dative	Luciferu
accusative	Lucifera
vocative	Lucifere
locative	Luciferu
instrumental	Luciferom

References

• “Lucifer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the doublet lucífero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /luθiˈfeɾ/ [lu.θiˈfeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /lusiˈfeɾ/ [lu.siˈfeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lucifer

1. Lucifer