lustro

See also: lustró and lustrò

Esperanto

lustro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlustro]
• Rhymes: -ustro
• Hyphenation: lus‧tro

Noun

lustro (accusative singular lustron, plural lustroj, accusative plural lustrojn)

1. chandelier

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.stro/
• Rhymes: -ustro
• Syllabification: lù‧stro

Etymology 1

From lustrare, from Latin lūstrāre (“to illuminate”).

Verb

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrare

Adjective

lustro (feminine lustra, masculine plural lustri, feminine plural lustre)

1. shiny
2. glossy

Descendants

• → Polish: lustro

Etymology 2

Deverbal from lustrare.

Noun

lustro m (plural lustri)

1. shine, gloss
2. prestige

Descendants

• → Turkish: lostra

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin lūstrum.

Noun

lustro m (plural lustri)

2. five-year period; lustrum

   Synonym: quinquennio

Related terms

• trilustre

Latin

Etymology 1

From lūstrum (“a purificatory sacrifice”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluːs.troː/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠t̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.tro/, [ˈlust̪ro]

Verb

lūstrō (present infinitive lūstrāre, perfect active lūstrāvī, supine lūstrātum); first conjugation

1. I purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice.

   Synonym: perlūstrō

2. (figuratively) I circle, move in a circle around. (because the priest offering such sacrifice did so)
   • 9 CE, Ovid, Ibis 111–112:

     Exul inops errēs aliēnaque līmina lūstrēs,
         exiguumque petās ōre tremente cibum.

     May you wander as a poor exile and go round others' thresholds,
         and ask with a trembling mouth for a bit of food.

3. I wander over, traverse, roam.

   Synonyms: errō, pervagor, peragrō, vagor, discurrō, pererrō, perlūstrō, pālor

4. (military) I review, examine.
5. I review, survey, observe, examine.

   Synonyms: aspiciō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, spectō, reputō, exsequor

6. I illuminate, make bright. (circling celestial bodies: sun, moon etc.)

   Synonyms: clārō, incendō

Conjugation

Conjugation of lūstrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūstrō	lūstrās	lūstrat	lūstrāmus	lūstrātis	lūstrant
	imperfect	lūstrābam	lūstrābās	lūstrābat	lūstrābāmus	lūstrābātis	lūstrābant
	future	lūstrābō	lūstrābis	lūstrābit	lūstrābimus	lūstrābitis	lūstrābunt
	perfect	lūstrāvī	lūstrāvistī	lūstrāvit	lūstrāvimus	lūstrāvistis	lūstrāvērunt, lūstrāvēre
	pluperfect	lūstrāveram	lūstrāverās	lūstrāverat	lūstrāverāmus	lūstrāverātis	lūstrāverant
	future perfect	lūstrāverō	lūstrāveris	lūstrāverit	lūstrāverimus	lūstrāveritis	lūstrāverint
passive	present	lūstror	lūstrāris, lūstrāre	lūstrātur	lūstrāmur	lūstrāminī	lūstrantur
	imperfect	lūstrābar	lūstrābāris, lūstrābāre	lūstrābātur	lūstrābāmur	lūstrābāminī	lūstrābantur
	future	lūstrābor	lūstrāberis, lūstrābere	lūstrābitur	lūstrābimur	lūstrābiminī	lūstrābuntur
	perfect	lūstrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lūstrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lūstrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūstrem	lūstrēs	lūstret	lūstrēmus	lūstrētis	lūstrent
	imperfect	lūstrārem	lūstrārēs	lūstrāret	lūstrārēmus	lūstrārētis	lūstrārent
	perfect	lūstrāverim	lūstrāverīs	lūstrāverit	lūstrāverīmus	lūstrāverītis	lūstrāverint
	pluperfect	lūstrāvissem	lūstrāvissēs	lūstrāvisset	lūstrāvissēmus	lūstrāvissētis	lūstrāvissent
passive	present	lūstrer	lūstrēris, lūstrēre	lūstrētur	lūstrēmur	lūstrēminī	lūstrentur
	imperfect	lūstrārer	lūstrārēris, lūstrārēre	lūstrārētur	lūstrārēmur	lūstrārēminī	lūstrārentur
	perfect	lūstrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lūstrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lūstrā	—	—	lūstrāte	—
	future	—	lūstrātō	lūstrātō	—	lūstrātōte	lūstrantō
passive	present	—	lūstrāre	—	—	lūstrāminī	—
	future	—	lūstrātor	lūstrātor	—	—	lūstrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lūstrāre	lūstrāvisse	lūstrātūrum esse	lūstrārī	lūstrātum esse	lūstrātum īrī
participles		lūstrāns	—	lūstrātūrus	—	lūstrātus	lūstrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lūstrandī	lūstrandō	lūstrandum	lūstrandō	lūstrātum	lūstrātū

Derived terms

• illūstrō
• lūstrāmen
• lūstrāmentum
• lūstrātiō
• lūstrātor
• lūstricus
• lūstrificus

Descendants

• English: lustre
• French: lustrer
• Italian: lustrare
• Lombard: lustrà
• Piedmontese: lustré
• Spanish: lustrar

Etymology 2

From lustrum (“a brothel, whorehouse”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.troː/, [ˈɫ̪ʊs̠t̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.tro/, [ˈlust̪ro]

Noun

lustrō m (genitive lustrōnis); third declension

1. a vagabond, wanderer, roamer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lustrō	lustrōnēs
Genitive	lustrōnis	lustrōnum
Dative	lustrōnī	lustrōnibus
Accusative	lustrōnem	lustrōnēs
Ablative	lustrōne	lustrōnibus
Vocative	lustrō	lustrōnēs

References

• “lustro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lustro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lustro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to scrutinise, examine closely: perlustrare, lustrare oculis aliquid
    
  • to review an army: recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
    

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlus.trɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ustrɔ
• Syllabification: lus‧tro

Noun

lustro n (diminutive lusterko)

1. mirror

   Synonym: zwierciadło

Declension

Declension of lustro

	singular	plural
nominative	lustro	lustra
genitive	lustra	luster
dative	lustru	lustrom
accusative	lustro	lustra
instrumental	lustrem	lustrami
locative	lustrze	lustrach
vocative	lustro	lustra

Derived terms

adjective

• lustrzany

 

noun

• lustrzanka

 

verb

• lustrzyć

 

Further reading

• lustro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lustro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūstrum, denoting a lavatory sacrifice after a quinquennial census, possibly cognate to luō (“to wash, to cleanse”).

Noun

lustro m (plural lustros)

1. lustrum; five-year period

   Synonym: quinquênio

Etymology 2

Verb

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlustɾo/ [ˈlus.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -ustɾo
• Syllabification: lus‧tro

Etymology 1

From Latin lustrum, denoting a lavatory sacrifice after a quinquennial census, possibly cognate to luō (“to wash, cleanse”).

Noun

lustro m (plural lustros)

1. lustrum; five-year period

   Synonym: quinquenio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrar

Further reading

• “lustro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014