lucens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of lūceō (“I shine”).

Participle

lūcēns (genitive lūcentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. shining.
2. (of the day) dawning, becoming light.
3. showing through; becoming visible.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	lūcēns			lūcentēs	lūcentia
Genitive	lūcentis			lūcentium
Dative	lūcentī			lūcentibus
Accusative	lūcentem	lūcēns		lūcentēs lūcentīs	lūcentia
Ablative	lūcente lūcentī1			lūcentibus
Vocative	lūcēns			lūcentēs	lūcentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• Lūcentum

Descendants

• Galician: lucente ⇒ lucenza
• → English: lucent

References

• “lucens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.