luminosus

Latin

Etymology

From lūmen (“light”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luː.miˈnoː.sus/, [ɫ̪uːmɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.miˈno.sus/, [lumiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

lūminōsus (feminine lūminōsa, neuter lūminōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bright, luminous, full of light

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūminōsus	lūminōsa	lūminōsum		lūminōsī	lūminōsae	lūminōsa
Genitive	lūminōsī	lūminōsae	lūminōsī		lūminōsōrum	lūminōsārum	lūminōsōrum
Dative	lūminōsō		lūminōsō		lūminōsīs
Accusative	lūminōsum	lūminōsam	lūminōsum		lūminōsōs	lūminōsās	lūminōsa
Ablative	lūminōsō	lūminōsā	lūminōsō		lūminōsīs
Vocative	lūminōse	lūminōsa	lūminōsum		lūminōsī	lūminōsae	lūminōsa

Related terms

• lūmen
• lūmināre
• lūminātor
• lūminātus
• lūminō
• lūminositās

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: lunjinos
• Catalan: lluminós
• English: luminous
• → French: lumineux
• Italian: luminoso

• Portuguese: lumioso
• → Portuguese: luminoso
• Romanian: luminos
• Spanish: lumbroso
• → Spanish: luminoso

References

• “luminosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luminosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luminosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.