splendeo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁- (“to be manifest”). Cognate with Old Irish sluindid (“to express, declare”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
splendeō (present infinitive splendēre, perfect active splenduī); second conjugation, no passive
- I shine, glitter, gleam, glisten; I am bright.
- (figuratively) I am bright, distinguished or illustrious.
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Descendants[edit]
- Italian: splendere
References[edit]
- 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill