luculentus

Latin

Etymology

From the oblique stem luc- of lūx (“light”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luː.kuˈlen.tus/, [ɫ̪uːkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.kuˈlen.tus/, [lukuˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

lūculentus (feminine lūculenta, neuter lūculentum, superlative lūculentissimus, adverb lūculenter); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of light, brilliant, bright, splendid
2. distinguished, excellent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūculentus	lūculenta	lūculentum		lūculentī	lūculentae	lūculenta
Genitive	lūculentī	lūculentae	lūculentī		lūculentōrum	lūculentārum	lūculentōrum
Dative	lūculentō		lūculentō		lūculentīs
Accusative	lūculentum	lūculentam	lūculentum		lūculentōs	lūculentās	lūculenta
Ablative	lūculentō	lūculentā	lūculentō		lūculentīs
Vocative	lūculente	lūculenta	lūculentum		lūculentī	lūculentae	lūculenta

Derived terms

• lūculentia

Descendants

• Italian: luculento

References

• “luculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luculentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum luculentum