diluceo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ lūceō (“shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈluː.ke.oː/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪uːkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈlu.t͡ʃe.o/, [d̪iˈluːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

dīlūceō (present infinitive dīlūcēre, perfect active dīlūxī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be clear or evident

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīlūceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīlūceō	dīlūcēs	dīlūcet	dīlūcēmus	dīlūcētis	dīlūcent
	imperfect	dīlūcēbam	dīlūcēbās	dīlūcēbat	dīlūcēbāmus	dīlūcēbātis	dīlūcēbant
	future	dīlūcēbō	dīlūcēbis	dīlūcēbit	dīlūcēbimus	dīlūcēbitis	dīlūcēbunt
	perfect	dīlūxī	dīlūxistī	dīlūxit	dīlūximus	dīlūxistis	dīlūxērunt, dīlūxēre
	pluperfect	dīlūxeram	dīlūxerās	dīlūxerat	dīlūxerāmus	dīlūxerātis	dīlūxerant
	future perfect	dīlūxerō	dīlūxeris	dīlūxerit	dīlūxerimus	dīlūxeritis	dīlūxerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīlūceam	dīlūceās	dīlūceat	dīlūceāmus	dīlūceātis	dīlūceant
	imperfect	dīlūcērem	dīlūcērēs	dīlūcēret	dīlūcērēmus	dīlūcērētis	dīlūcērent
	perfect	dīlūxerim	dīlūxerīs	dīlūxerit	dīlūxerīmus	dīlūxerītis	dīlūxerint
	pluperfect	dīlūxissem	dīlūxissēs	dīlūxisset	dīlūxissēmus	dīlūxissētis	dīlūxissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dīlūcē	—	—	dīlūcēte	—
	future	—	dīlūcētō	dīlūcētō	—	dīlūcētōte	dīlūcentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīlūcēre	dīlūxisse	—	—	—	—
participles		dīlūcēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīlūcendī	dīlūcendō	dīlūcendum	dīlūcendō	—	—

Related terms

• allūceō
• circumlūceō
• collūceō
• ēlūceō
• illūceō
• interlūceō
• lūceō
• pellūceō / perlūceō
• praelūceō
• prōlūceō
• relūceō
• sublūceō
• superlūceō
• trānslūceō

References

• “diluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diluceo 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