diluculum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From diēs (day) +‎ lūx (light) +‎ -ulum.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈluː.ku.lum/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪uːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

Noun[edit]

dīlūculum n (genitive dīlūculī); second declension

  1. daybreak, dawn
    Synonyms: gallicinium, canticinium, ante lucem

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīlūculum dīlūcula
Genitive dīlūculī dīlūculōrum
Dative dīlūculō dīlūculīs
Accusative dīlūculum dīlūcula
Ablative dīlūculō dīlūculīs
Vocative dīlūculum dīlūcula

Antonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • diluculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diluculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diluculum 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)
  • diluculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in the morning twilight: diluculo