crepusculum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin crepusculum.
Noun[edit]
crepusculum (uncountable)
- crepuscule; twilight; dusk
- [Earthshine] should appear more splendid and be visible after the crepusculum in the dark of night.
Synonyms[edit]
- cockshut, mirkning, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “crepusculum”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From creper (“dusky, dark”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kreˈpus.ku.lum/, [krɛˈpʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kreˈpus.ku.lum/, [kreˈpuskulum]
Noun[edit]
crepusculum n (genitive crepusculī); second declension
Usage notes[edit]
In Medieval use (e.g., Bede), sometimes conceived as a particular period of evening lasting from sunset to vespers, the darker period of twilight when Venus and the stars began to appear.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
Genitive | crepusculī | crepusculōrum |
Dative | crepusculō | crepusculīs |
Accusative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
Ablative | crepusculō | crepusculīs |
Vocative | crepusculum | crepuscula |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: crepuscle
- English: crepuscule, crepusculum, crepuscular
- French: crépuscule
- Galician: crepúsculo
- Italian: crepuscolo
- Occitan: crepuscul
- Portuguese: crepúsculo
- Romanian: crepuscul
- Spanish: crepúsculo
References[edit]
- “crepusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crepusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crepusculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- crepusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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