crepusculum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin crepusculum.
Noun edit
crepusculum (uncountable)
- crepuscule; twilight; dusk
- [Earthshine] should appear more splendid and be visible after the crepusculum in the dark of night.
Synonyms edit
- cockshut, mirkning, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk
Related terms edit
References edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “crepusculum”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of the neuter s-stem *crepus. See creper.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kreˈpus.ku.lum/, [krɛˈpʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kreˈpus.ku.lum/, [kreˈpuskulum]
Noun edit
crepusculum n (genitive crepusculī); second declension
Usage notes edit
In Medieval use (e.g., Bede), sometimes conceived as a particular period of evening lasting from sunset to vespers, the darker period of twilight when Venus and the stars began to appear.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
| Genitive | crepusculī | crepusculōrum |
| Dative | crepusculō | crepusculīs |
| Accusative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
| Ablative | crepusculō | crepusculīs |
| Vocative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: crepuscle
- English: crepuscule, crepusculum, crepuscular
- French: crépuscule
- Galician: crepúsculo
- Italian: crepuscolo
- Occitan: crepuscul
- Portuguese: crepúsculo
- Romanian: crepuscul
- Spanish: crepúsculo
References edit
- “crepusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crepusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crepusculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- crepusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.