refulgeo Latin · revision 32205

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la fulgeō}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈfʊɫ.ɡe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''refulgeō''' (present infinitive refulgēre, perfect active refulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Lucretius has a third-conjugation form ''refulgit''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|fulgeō|t1=back|t2=to flash, shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples are in Lucretius, of a colour changing as it shines with straight or slanting light, and in Cicero's translation of Aratus, of the stars.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to radiate light or shine brightly, of heavenly bodies, as Cicero's Dog Star and Cynosura, and to shine with reflected light or gleam;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is mostly poetic.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca the Elder uses it of Miltiades resplendent with a general's majesty.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to flash before the mind, as Velleius' sure hope of children that shone upon parents, and to stand out, as Propertius' fame shining from a learned grandfather.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to shine brightly, glitter, illuminate.^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of reflected light.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of shining fame.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius of hope flashing on parents.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shine brightly, [[m|en|radiate]] light; to shine with reflected light, [[m|en|gleam]]; to be resplendent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To flash before the mind.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be conspicuous, stand out.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[refulgentia]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[affulgeō]]

+ * [[circumfulgeō]]

+ * [[cōnfulgeō]]

+ * [[effulgeō]]

+ * [[fulgeō]]

+ * [[interfulgeō]]

+ * [[offulgeō]]

+ * [[praefulgeō]]

+ * [[suffulgeō]]

+ * [[superfulgeō]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}