fulgeo
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”), whence also flagrō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡe.oː/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈful.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈful̠ʲd͡ʒeo]
Verb edit
fulgeō (present infinitive fulgēre, perfect active fulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine
- (figuratively) [+ ablative (object)] to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to some achievement)
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References edit
- “fulgeo” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading edit
- “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette