luculentus

Latin

Etymology

From the oblique stem luc- of lūx (“light”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lūculentus (feminine lūculenta, neuter lūculentum, superlative lūculentissimus, adverb lūculenter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of light, brilliant, bright, splendid
  2. 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
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