illustris
See also: il·lustris
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from illūstrō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ilˈluːs.tris/, [ɪlˈlʲuːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈlus.tris/, [ilˈlust̪ris]
Adjective edit
illūstris (neuter illūstre, comparative illūstrior, superlative illūstrissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous
- clear, lucid
- illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominent
- highborn, noble (of rank)
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | illūstris | illūstre | illūstrēs | illūstria | |
| Genitive | illūstris | illūstrium | |||
| Dative | illūstrī | illūstribus | |||
| Accusative | illūstrem | illūstre | illūstrēs illūstrīs |
illūstria | |
| Ablative | illūstrī | illūstribus | |||
| Vocative | illūstris | illūstre | illūstrēs | illūstria | |
Descendants edit
- French: illustre
- → German: erlaucht (calque)
- Italian: illustre
- Piedmontese: ilustr
- Portuguese: ilustre
- Romanian: ilustru
- Spanish: ilustre
References edit
- “illustris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illustris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a star-light night: nox sideribus illustris
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum illustre
- of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- a star-light night: nox sideribus illustris
- illustris in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016