fulgens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of fulgeō or fulgō (“I shine”).

Participle

fulgēns (genitive fulgentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. shining, glittering
2. (figuratively) being conspicuous or illustrious

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	fulgēns			fulgentēs	fulgentia
Genitive	fulgentis			fulgentium
Dative	fulgentī			fulgentibus
Accusative	fulgentem	fulgēns		fulgentēs fulgentīs	fulgentia
Ablative	fulgente fulgentī1			fulgentibus
Vocative	fulgēns			fulgentēs	fulgentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms

• (shining): nitēns

Descendants

• → Middle English: fulgent
  • English: fulgent
• → Middle French: fulgent
• → Translingual: Ailurus fulgens m (“red panda”)

References

• “fulgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fulgens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.