fulgor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- fulgour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fulgor (usually uncountable, plural fulgors)
- Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
- 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:
- She held on straight for the Red Sea under a serene sky, under a sky scorching and unclouded, enveloped in a fulgor of sunshine that killed all thought, oppressed the heart, withered all impulses of strength and energy.
References edit
- “fulgor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian edit
Noun edit
fulgor m (apocopated)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
fulgeō (“I flash, lighten”) + -or (abstract noun suffix). A later formation compared to fulgur.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfulɡor]
Noun edit
fulgor m (genitive fulgōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fulgor | fulgōrēs |
Genitive | fulgōris | fulgōrum |
Dative | fulgōrī | fulgōribus |
Accusative | fulgōrem | fulgōrēs |
Ablative | fulgōre | fulgōribus |
Vocative | fulgor | fulgōrēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin fulgor.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fulgor m (plural fulgores)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “fulgor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014