fulgeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• fulgō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *folgēō (earlier *folgējō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-eh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”), whence also flagrō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊɫ.ɡe.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o]

Verb

fulgeō (present infinitive fulgēre, perfect active fulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine

   Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, resplendeō, micō

   • c. 30 BCE, Horace, Epodes 15.1–2:

     nox erat et caelō fulgēbat lūna serēnō
     inter minōra sīdera

     It was night, and the moon was shining in a clear sky
     among the lesser stars

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.76:

     ubi est hodiē quae Lyra fulsit heri?

     Where is today [the constellation] Lyra which glittered yesterday?

2. (figuratively) to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to some achievement) [with ablative]

   Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, liqueō, splendeō, ēniteō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fulgeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fulgeō		fulgēs		fulget		fulgēmus		fulgētis		fulgent
	imperfect	fulgēbam		fulgēbās		fulgēbat		fulgēbāmus		fulgēbātis		fulgēbant
	future	fulgēbō		fulgēbis		fulgēbit		fulgēbimus		fulgēbitis		fulgēbunt
	perfect	fulsī		fulsistī		fulsit		fulsimus		fulsistis		fulsērunt, fulsēre
	pluperfect	fulseram		fulserās		fulserat		fulserāmus		fulserātis		fulserant
	future perfect	fulserō		fulseris		fulserit		fulserimus		fulseritis		fulserint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fulgeam		fulgeās		fulgeat		fulgeāmus		fulgeātis		fulgeant
	imperfect	fulgērem		fulgērēs		fulgēret		fulgērēmus		fulgērētis		fulgērent
	perfect	fulserim		fulserīs		fulserit		fulserīmus		fulserītis		fulserint
	pluperfect	fulsissem		fulsissēs		fulsisset		fulsissēmus		fulsissētis		fulsissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fulgē		—		—		fulgēte		—
	future	—		fulgētō		fulgētō		—		fulgētōte		fulgentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fulgēre			—			fulgēns			—
perfect		fulsisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fulgendī		fulgendō		fulgendum		fulgendō		—		—

Derived terms

• affulgeō
• circumfulgeō
• cōnfulgeō
• effulgeō
• fulgēns
• fulgenter
• fulgēscō
• fulgētrum
• fulgidus
• fulgor
• fulgur
• fulmen
• fulvus
• interfulgeō
• offulgeō
• praefulgeō
• refulgeō
• suffulgeō
• superfulgeō
• trānsfulgeō

Related terms

• fulgidulus
• fulgurālis
• fulgurātiō
• fulgurātor
• fulgurātūra
• fulgureus
• fulguriō
• fulgurō

Descendants

• → Catalan: fulgir
• → Galician: fulxir
• → Italian: fulgere
• → Portuguese: fulgir
• → Spanish: fulgir

Further reading

• “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fulgeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fulgeo” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present