splendeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁- (“to be manifest”). Cognate with Old Irish sluindid (“to express, declare”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsplen.de.oː/, [ˈspɫɛn.de.oː]

Verb

splendeō (present infinitive splendēre, perfect active splenduī); second conjugation, no passive

1. I shine, glitter, gleam, glisten; I am bright.
2. (figuratively) I am bright, distinguished or illustrious.

Inflection

Conjugation of splendeo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	splendeō	splendēs	splendet	splendēmus	splendētis	splendent
	imperfect	splendēbam	splendēbās	splendēbat	splendēbāmus	splendēbātis	splendēbant
	future	splendēbō	splendēbis	splendēbit	splendēbimus	splendēbitis	splendēbunt
	perfect	splenduī	splenduistī	splenduit	splenduimus	splenduistis	splenduērunt, splenduēre
	pluperfect	splendueram	splenduerās	splenduerat	splenduerāmus	splenduerātis	splenduerant
	future perfect	splenduerō	splendueris	splenduerit	splenduerimus	splendueritis	splenduerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	splendeam	splendeās	splendeat	splendeāmus	splendeātis	splendeant
	imperfect	splendērem	splendērēs	splendēret	splendērēmus	splendērētis	splendērent
	perfect	splenduerim	splenduerīs	splenduerit	splenduerīmus	splenduerītis	splenduerint
	pluperfect	splenduissem	splenduissēs	splenduisset	splenduissēmus	splenduissētis	splenduissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	splendē	—	—	splendēte	—
	future	—	splendētō	splendētō	—	splendētōte	splendentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		splendēre	splenduisse	—	—	—	—
participles		splendēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		splendēre	splendendī	splendendō	splendendum	—	—

Derived terms

• resplendeō
• splendēns
• splendentia
• splendēscō

• splendicō
• splendidus
• splendificō
• splendor

Related terms

• splendidē
• splendidō
• splendōrifer

Descendants

• Italian: splendere

References

• splendeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• splendeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “splendeo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill