crepusculum
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin crepusculum.
Noun
editcrepusculum (uncountable)
- crepuscule; twilight; dusk
- [Earthshine] should appear more splendid and be visible after the crepusculum in the dark of night.
Synonyms
edit- cockshut, mirkning, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk
Related terms
editReferences
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “crepusculum”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Latin
editEtymology
editDiminutive of the neuter s-stem *crepus. See creper.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kreˈpus.ku.lum/, [krɛˈpʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kreˈpus.ku.lum/, [kreˈpuskulum]
Noun
editcrepusculum n (genitive crepusculī); second declension
Usage notes
editIn Medieval use (e.g., Bede), sometimes conceived as a particular period of evening lasting from sunset to vespers, the darker period of twilight when Venus and the stars began to appear.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
genitive | crepusculī | crepusculōrum |
dative | crepusculō | crepusculīs |
accusative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
ablative | crepusculō | crepusculīs |
vocative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- >? Galician: crepúsculo
- >? Italian: crepuscolo m
- >? Occitan: crepuscul m
- → Catalan: crepuscle m
- → Old French: crepuscule m
- Middle French: crepuscule m
- French: crépuscule m
- → Romanian: crepuscul n
- → English: crepuscule
- French: crépuscule m
- Middle French: crepuscule m
- →? Portuguese: crepúsculo
- → Spanish: crepúsculo
- → English: crepusculum, crepuscular
References
edit- “crepusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crepusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crepusculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- crepusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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