praeluceo
Latin
Etymology
From prae- + lūceō (“shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈluː.ke.oː/, [prae̯ˈɫuː.ke.oː]
Verb
praelūceō (present infinitive praelūcēre, perfect active praeluxī); second conjugation, no passive
- I shine or give light before or in front; hold or carry light in front, light (the way).
- I am bright, shine forth.
- I shine brighter, outshine, surpass.
Inflection
| Conjugation of praeluceo (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praelūceō | praelūcēs | praelūcet | praelūcēmus | praelūcētis | praelūcent |
| imperfect | praelūcēbam | praelūcēbās | praelūcēbat | praelūcēbāmus | praelūcēbātis | praelūcēbant | |
| future | praelūcēbō | praelūcēbis | praelūcēbit | praelūcēbimus | praelūcēbitis | praelūcēbunt | |
| perfect | praeluxī | praeluxistī | praeluxit | praeluximus | praeluxistis | praeluxērunt, praeluxēre | |
| pluperfect | praeluxeram | praeluxerās | praeluxerat | praeluxerāmus | praeluxerātis | praeluxerant | |
| future perfect | praeluxerō | praeluxeris | praeluxerit | praeluxerimus | praeluxeritis | praeluxerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praelūceam | praelūceās | praelūceat | praelūceāmus | praelūceātis | praelūceant |
| imperfect | praelūcērem | praelūcērēs | praelūcēret | praelūcērēmus | praelūcērētis | praelūcērent | |
| perfect | praeluxerim | praeluxerīs | praeluxerit | praeluxerimus | praeluxeritis | praeluxerint | |
| pluperfect | praeluxissem | praeluxissēs | praeluxisset | praeluxissēmus | praeluxissētis | praeluxissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praelūcē | — | — | praelūcēte | — |
| future | — | praelūcētō | praelūcētō | — | praelūcētōte | praelūcentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praelūcēre | praeluxisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | praelūcēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praelūcēre | praelūcendī | praelūcendō | praelūcendum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- allūceō
- circumlūceō
- collūceō
- dīlūceō
- ēlūceō
- illūceō
- interlūceō
- lūceō
- pellūceō / perlūceō
- prōlūceō
- relūceō
- sublūceō
- superlūceō
- trānslūceō
References
- praeluceo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praeluceo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeluceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette