fulgor Latin · revision 31379

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *bʰlg-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfʊɫ.ɡɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈful.ɡor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fulgor''' ''m'' (genitive fulgōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|fulgeō|t=to flash, shine]] with [[m|la|-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan calls it a recent derivative following the productive pattern, and derives the verb from [[itc-pro|*folg-e/o-|t=to shine]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰlg-e/o-|t=to shine]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|φλέγω|tr=phlégō|t=to burn]] and [[grc|φλόξ|tr=phlóx|t=flame]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Accius as its first author;^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan dates it from Lucretius, who has “we see the flash before we hear the thunder”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is brightness or radiance, as Cicero's candelabrum whose brilliance should have lit the temple, and of colour, as Virgil's drooping hyacinth that has not yet lost its sheen.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is a flash or flame, and, mostly in poetry for ''fulgur'', a flash of lightning, as in Lucretius and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is a shining object, in astronomy a meteor, and figuratively splendour or glory, as Livy's “the lustre of the Roman name”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “brightness, lightning, thunderbolt”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the flash before the thunder.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a shining candelabrum.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the glory of the Roman name.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|brightness|alt=Brightness]], brilliance, radiance; sheen.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A flash, flame;^(OLD 2012) a flash of [[m|en|lightning]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A shining object;^(OLD 2012) ''(astronomy)'' a [[m|en|meteor]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|splendour|alt=Splendour]], lustre, glory.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fulgeō]]

+ * [[fulgur]]

+ * [[fulmen]]

+ * [[flagrō]]

+ * [[splendor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}