lux
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology 1
From Latin lūx (“light”); from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukos), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭰 (rōč, “day”) and Old English noun lēoht (English light).
Noun
lux (plural lux)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx
Translations
Etymology 2
Compare French luxer. See luxate.
Verb
lux (third-person singular simple present luxes, present participle luxing, simple past and past participle luxed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To put out of joint; to luxate.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukos), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate) and Old English noun lēoht (English light).
Noun
lūx (genitive lūcis); f, third declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lūx | lūcēs |
| genitive | lūcis | lūcum |
| dative | lūcī | lūcibus |
| accusative | lūcem | lūcēs |
| ablative | lūce | lūcibus |
| vocative | lūx | lūcēs |