fulgens
Latin
editEtymology
editPresent active participle of fulgeō or fulgō (“I shine”).
Participle
editfulgēns (genitive fulgentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- shining, glittering
- (figuratively) being conspicuous or illustrious
Declension
editThird-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | fulgēns | fulgentēs | fulgentia | ||
Genitive | fulgentis | fulgentium | |||
Dative | fulgentī | fulgentibus | |||
Accusative | fulgentem | fulgēns | fulgentēs fulgentīs |
fulgentia | |
Ablative | fulgente fulgentī1 |
fulgentibus | |||
Vocative | fulgēns | fulgentēs | fulgentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Synonyms
edit- (shining): nitēns
Descendants
edit- → Middle English: fulgent
- English: fulgent
- → Middle French: fulgent
- → Translingual: Ailurus fulgens m (“red panda”)
References
edit- “fulgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulgens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.