Lucifer
English
Etymology
From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. 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 (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Lucifer
- (literary) The planet Venus as the daystar (or morning star).
- Synonym: Phosphorus
- Antonyms: Vesper, Hesperus
- (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.
- Satan, the Devil.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan
Translations
figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12
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Venus, the morning star
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Venus — see Venus
morning star — see morning star
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlut͡sɪfɛr]
Declension
Declension of Lucifer (sg-only hard masculine animate)
singular | |
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nominative | Lucifer |
genitive | Lucifera |
dative | Luciferovi, Luciferu |
accusative | Lucifera |
vocative | Lucifere |
locative | Luciferovi, Luciferu |
instrumental | Luciferem |
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈly.siˌfɛr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly.si.fɛʁ/
Latin
Alternative forms
- lūcifer (letter case)
Etymology
From lūx + -fer, calque of Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.fer/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈluːt͡ʃifer]
Proper noun
Lūcifer m sg (genitive Lūciferī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lūcifer |
Genitive | Lūciferī |
Dative | Lūciferō |
Accusative | Lūciferum |
Ablative | Lūciferō |
Vocative | Lūcifer |
Descendants
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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliu̯sifər/
- Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer
Proper noun
Lucifer
References
- “Lūcifer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-27.
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǔt͡sifer/
- Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer
Declension
References
- “Lucifer” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /luθiˈfeɾ/ [lu.θiˈfeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /lusiˈfeɾ/ [lu.siˈfeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: Lu‧ci‧fer
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