illumino
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
illumino
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + lūminō (“light up”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ilˈluː.mi.noː/, [ɪlˈlʲuːmɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈlu.mi.no/, [ilˈluːmino]
Verb
illūminō (present infinitive illūmināre, perfect active illūmināvī, supine illūminātum); first conjugation
- I illuminate, light up, brighten.
- I adorn.
- I make conspicuous.
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
(possibly, through a Vulgar Latin *allūminō:)
- Asturian: allumar
- Franco-Provençal: alumar
- French: allumer
- Galician: alumar
- Italian: alluminare
(direct borrowings:)
- → Asturian: iluminar
- → Catalan: il·luminar
- → English: illuminate
- → French: enluminer, illuminer
- → Galician: iluminar
- → Italian: illuminare
References
- “illumino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illumino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- illumino in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016