fulgens
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Present active participle of fulgeō or fulgō (“I shine”).
Participle[edit]
fulgēns (genitive fulgentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- shining, glittering
- (figuratively) being conspicuous or illustrious
Declension[edit]
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fulgēns | fulgentēs | fulgentia | ||
| Genitive | fulgentis | fulgentium | |||
| Dative | fulgentī | fulgentibus | |||
| Accusative | fulgentem | fulgēns | fulgentēs fulgentīs |
fulgentia | |
| Ablative | fulgente fulgentī1 |
fulgentibus | |||
| Vocative | fulgēns | fulgentēs | fulgentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Synonyms[edit]
- (shining): nitēns
Descendants[edit]
- → Middle English: fulgent
- English: fulgent
- → Middle French: fulgent
- → Translingual: Ailurus fulgens m (“red panda”)
References[edit]
- “fulgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulgens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.