transluceo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From trāns- + lūceō (“shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /transˈluː.ke.oː/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠ˈɫ̪uːkeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /transˈlu.t͡ʃe.o/, [t̪ränzˈluːt͡ʃeo]
Verb
trānslūceō (present infinitive trānslūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- I shine across.
- I shine or show through; I am transparent or translucent.
Conjugation
- Perfect forms like trānslūxit are rare and non-Classical.
Related terms
Descendants
- Old French: tresluisir, tresluire
- Italian: tralucere
- Occitan: treslusir
- Spanish: traslucir, translucir
References
- “transluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “transluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- transluceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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