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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *luk-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈɫuː.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēlūceō''' (present infinitive ēlūcēre, perfect active ēlūxī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|lūceō|t2=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists [[m|la|lūceō]] under [[lux|alt=lūx]] and traces the stative verb to [[itc-pro|*l(o)ukē-|t=to be light]] and [[ine-pro|*luk-eh₁-|t=to be light]], comparing [[sa|रोचते|tr=rócate|t=shines]] and [[grc|λευκός|tr=leukós|t=clear, light]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation in the OLD is in Cicero's ''Republic'': a circle shining out among the flames with the brightest whiteness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to shine out or forth: Virgil has bees glittering with gold.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short find it classical and especially frequent in Cicero in figurative senses.^(Lewis & Short 1879) A quality shows itself, as honour in a deed; a person stands out from the rest, as one who studies eloquence to shine in the forum; and a fact becomes clear to the mind.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to shine forth, stand out clearly, be apparent.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a shining circle and of qualities that stand out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of glittering bees.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shine out or forth, [[m|en|glitter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of a quality, to show itself; of a person, to stand out, be [[m|en|conspicuous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a fact, to be or become clear, be [[m|en|apparent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[allūceō]]

+ * [[circumlūceō]]

+ * [[collūceō]]

+ * [[dīlūceō]]

+ * [[illūceō]]

+ * [[interlūceō]]

+ * [[lūceō]]

+ * [[pellūceō]]

+ * [[perlūceō]]

+ * [[praelūceō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}