luminare

Aromanian

Noun

luminare f

1. Alternative form of luminari

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Italian

FWOTD – 30 May 2018

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.miˈna.re/, [l̺umiˈn̺äːr̺e̞]
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Late Latin lūmināre (“star” ← “light” ← “opening that lets light in”).

Noun

luminare m (plural luminari)

1. (obsolete) A shining heavenly body (especially said of the Sun and the Moon).
   • 1754, Niccolò Maria Bona, “Panegirico in onore de' SS. Cosma, e Damiano [Panegyric in honor of St. Cosmas and Damian]”, in Panegirici ed orazioni [Panegyrics and Prayers]‎^[1], Venice: Giovanni Tevernin, page 89:

     maraviglia non è, ſe fino da' primieri lor anni […] ſì ſplendidamente eſſi folgoreggiaſſero, come i due luminari del Cielo

     it's no wonder that, ever since their early years, they were so magnificently blazing like the two lights of the sky [the Sun and the Moon]

2. (figurative) One who has achieved success in their field; leading light, luminary.
3. (archaeology) A vertical opening in a catacomb meant to let light and air inside.
4. (obsolete, rare) illumination, luminary

   Synonyms: illuminazione, lume, luminaria

Etymology 2

From Latin lūmināre, present active infinitive form of lūminō (“I illuminate, brighten”).

Verb

luminare

1. (obsolete, transitive) to illuminate, lighten, light up
   • c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, Teseida, G. Laterza & Figli, published 1941, page 121:

     «O chiaro Febo, per cui luminato ¶ è tutto il mondo […] »

     "O bright Phoebus, by whom the whole world is lightened […] "

   • Synonym: illuminare
   • Antonyms: abbuiare, offuscare, oscurare
2. (literary, rare, intransitive) to shine, glow
   • 1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Novelle della Pescara‎^[2], published 2016, page 285:

     Una specie di mollezza esotica pareva spargersi nel tramonto. Sorgevano, nella fantasia popolare, le rive favoleggiate e luminavano.

     A sort of exotic softness seemed to be spreading in the sunset. In the popular imagination, the fantasized-upon coasts were rising and shining.

   • Synonym: risplendere

Anagrams

• mulinare, mulinerà, numerali

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luː.miˈnaː.re/, [ɫ̪uːmɪˈnäːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.miˈna.re/, [lumiˈnäːre]

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From lūmen (“light”) +‎ -āris.

Noun

lūmināre n (genitive lūmināris); third declension

1. (literally) That which gives light; enlightener
2. a window-shutter, window (that lets light in)
3. (Late Latin, in the plural) light, lamp (such as those lighted in churches in honor of martyrs)
4. (Late Latin, in the plural) A luminary; especially a heavenly body.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūmināre	lūmināria
Genitive	lūmināris	lūminārium
Dative	lūminārī	lūmināribus
Accusative	lūmināre	lūmināria
Ablative	lūminārī	lūmināribus
Vocative	lūmināre	lūmināria

Related terms

• lūmen
• lūminō
• lūminōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: luminari, lunjinari
• Catalan: llumener, llumenera
• → English: luminaria
• French: lumière
• → French: luminaire
• Galician: lumieira
• Italian: luminare
• → Italian: luminaria

• Occitan: lumniera
• → Occitan: lumenaria
• → Old French: luminarie
  • → English: luminary
• Portuguese: lumieira, lumeeira
• → Portuguese: luminária
• Romanian: lumânare
• Romansch: glimera, glümera
• Spanish: lumbrera
• → Spanish: luminar, luminaria

References

• “luminare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luminare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lūmināre

1. present active infinitive of lūminō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of lūminō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of lūminō

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Romanian

Etymology

lumina +‎ -re

Noun

luminare f (plural luminări)

1. act of lighting, illuminating, shining