fulgor
English
Alternative forms
- fulgour (obsolete)
Noun
fulgor (usually uncountable, plural fulgors)
- Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
- 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:
- She held on straight for the Red Sea under a serene sky, under a sky scorching and unclouded, enveloped in a fulgor of sunshine that killed all thought, oppressed the heart, withered all impulses of strength and energy.
References
- “fulgor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian
Latin
Etymology
fulgeō (“I flash, lighten”) + -or (abstract noun suffix). A later formation compared to fulgur.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfulɡor]
Noun
fulgor m (genitive fulgōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fulgor | fulgōrēs |
Genitive | fulgōris | fulgōrum |
Dative | fulgōrī | fulgōribus |
Accusative | fulgōrem | fulgōrēs |
Ablative | fulgōre | fulgōribus |
Vocative | fulgor | fulgōrēs |
Descendants
References
- “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fulˈɡoɾ/ [fulˈɣ̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ful‧gor
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “fulgor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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