illuceo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inlūceō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti

Proto-Italic *loukeō

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.

Proto-Italic *loukēō

Latin lūceō

Latin illūceō

From in- + lūceō (“shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪlˈluː.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ilˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

illūceō (present infinitive illūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to shine in or on, give light, light up, illuminate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of illūceō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	illūceō		illūcēs		illūcet		illūcēmus		illūcētis		illūcent
	imperfect	illūcēbam		illūcēbās		illūcēbat		illūcēbāmus		illūcēbātis		illūcēbant
	future	illūcēbō		illūcēbis		illūcēbit		illūcēbimus		illūcēbitis		illūcēbunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	illūceam		illūceās		illūceat		illūceāmus		illūceātis		illūceant
	imperfect	illūcērem		illūcērēs		illūcēret		illūcērēmus		illūcērētis		illūcērent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		illūcē		—		—		illūcēte		—
	future	—		illūcētō		illūcētō		—		illūcētōte		illūcentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		illūcēre			—			illūcēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		illūcendī		illūcendō		illūcendum		illūcendō		—		—

Related terms

• allūceō
• circumlūceō
• collūceō
• dīlūceō
• ēlūceō
• interlūceō
• lūceō
• pellūceō, perlūceō
• praelūceō
• prōlūceō
• relūceō
• sublūceō
• superlūceō
• trānslūceō

References

• “illuceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “illuceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • when it was day: ubi illuxit, luxit, diluxit