diluculum
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From diēs (“day”) + lūx (“light”) + -ulum.
Pronunciation[edit]
(Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈluː.ku.lum/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪uːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈlu.ku.lum/, [d̪iˈluːkulum]
Noun[edit]
dīlūculum n (genitive dīlūculī); second declension
- 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
- in the morning twilight: diluculo