fulgens Latin · revision 31748

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *bʰelg-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fulgēns''' (genitive ''fulgentis'', comparative ''fulgentior'', superlative ''fulgentissimus''); third-declension one-termination adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[m|la|fulgeō|t=to flash, shine]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The verb is older ⟨fulgere⟩, going back to [[itc-pro|*folgō]] and to a root [[ine-pro|*bʰelg-|alt=*bʰlg-|t=to shine]]; the participle is the oldest attested form of the verb.^(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==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Annals'' have the sky fitted with gleaming stars.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means flashing, gleaming or resplendent, and of white or bright things brilliant, as Catullus' gleaming foot of his beloved.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is bright or splendid, as Velleius' most brilliant achievement of Caesar.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of gleaming stars.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of a gleaming foot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius of a splendid achievement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|flashing|alt=Flashing]], [[m|en|gleaming]], resplendent; brilliant.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Bright, [[m|en|splendid]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fulgeo|alt=fulgeō]]

+ * [[fulgor]]

+ * [[fulgur]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}