reluceo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ lūceō (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈluː.ke.oː/, [rɛˈɫ̪uːkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈlu.t͡ʃe.o/, [reˈluːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

relūceō (present infinitive relūcēre, perfect active relūxī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to shine (back), give out light, blaze, glow

Conjugation

• The third principal part is shared with relūcēscō.

Conjugation of relūceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	relūceō	relūcēs	relūcet	relūcēmus	relūcētis	relūcent
	imperfect	relūcēbam	relūcēbās	relūcēbat	relūcēbāmus	relūcēbātis	relūcēbant
	future	relūcēbō	relūcēbis	relūcēbit	relūcēbimus	relūcēbitis	relūcēbunt
	perfect	relūxī	relūxistī	relūxit	relūximus	relūxistis	relūxērunt, relūxēre
	pluperfect	relūxeram	relūxerās	relūxerat	relūxerāmus	relūxerātis	relūxerant
	future perfect	relūxerō	relūxeris	relūxerit	relūxerimus	relūxeritis	relūxerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	relūceam	relūceās	relūceat	relūceāmus	relūceātis	relūceant
	imperfect	relūcērem	relūcērēs	relūcēret	relūcērēmus	relūcērētis	relūcērent
	perfect	relūxerim	relūxerīs	relūxerit	relūxerīmus	relūxerītis	relūxerint
	pluperfect	relūxissem	relūxissēs	relūxisset	relūxissēmus	relūxissētis	relūxissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	relūcē	—	—	relūcēte	—
	future	—	relūcētō	relūcētō	—	relūcētōte	relūcentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		relūcēre	relūxisse	—	—	—	—
participles		relūcēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		relūcendī	relūcendō	relūcendum	relūcendō	—	—

Related terms

• allūceō
• circumlūceō
• collūceō
• dīlūceō
• ēlūceō
• illūceō
• interlūceō
• lūceō
• pellūceō / perlūceō
• praelūceō
• prōlūceō
• sublūceō
• superlūceō
• trānslūceō

Descendants

• Catalan: relluir
• French: reluire
• Old Galician-Portuguese: reluzir
  • Galician: relucir
  • Portuguese: reluzir
• Italian: rilucere
• Norman: relîser
• Spanish: relucir

References

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