luculentus
Latin
Etymology
From the oblique stem luc- of lūx (“light”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luː.kuˈlen.tus/, [ɫ̪uːkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.kuˈlen.tus/, [lukuˈlɛn̪t̪us]
Adjective
lūculentus (feminine lūculenta, neuter lūculentum, superlative lūculentissimus, adverb lūculenter); first/second-declension adjective
- full of light, brilliant, bright, splendid
- distinguished, excellent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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 | |
Derived terms
- lūculentia
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