Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ lūceō (shine).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

illūceō (present infinitive illūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to shine in or on, give light, light up, illuminate

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of illūceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present illūceō illūcēs illūcet illūcēmus illūcētis illūcent
imperfect illūcēbam illūcēbās illūcēbat illūcēbāmus illūcēbātis illūcēbant
future illūcēbō illūcēbis illūcēbit illūcēbimus illūcēbitis illūcēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present illūceam illūceās illūceat illūceāmus illūceātis illūceant
imperfect illūcērem illūcērēs illūcēret illūcērēmus illūcērētis illūcērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present illūcē illūcēte
future illūcētō illūcētō illūcētōte illūcentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives illūcēre
participles illūcēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
illūcendī illūcendō illūcendum illūcendō

Related terms edit

References edit

  • illuceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • illuceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • when it was day: ubi illuxit, luxit, diluxit