elucubro
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elucubro
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Alternative forms edit
- (deponent form) ēlūcubror
Etymology edit
From ex- (“out of”) + lūcubrō (“work by night, candlelight or lamplight”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈluː.ku.broː/, [eːˈɫ̪uːkʊbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlu.ku.bro/, [eˈluːkubro]
Verb edit
ēlūcubrō (present infinitive ēlūcubrāre, perfect active ēlūcubrāvī, supine ēlūcubrātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to make, produce or compose by night, candlelight or lamplight with great labor; to burn the midnight oil
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- Catalan: elucubrar
- English: elucubrate
- French: élucubrer
- Italian: elucubrare
- Portuguese: elucubrar
- Spanish: elucubrar
References edit
- “elucubro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elucubro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elucubro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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elucubro
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elucubro