reluceo Latin · revision 32899

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *leuk-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''relūceō''' (present infinitive relūcēre, perfect active relūxī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|lūceō|t2=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|lūceō]] to [[itc-pro|*l(o)ukē-|t=to be light]] and [[ine-pro|*luk-eh₁-|t=to be light]], from the root [[ine-pro|*leuk-|t=light]] of [[lux|alt=lūx]], and compares [[grc|λευκός|tr=leukós|t=clear, light]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Varro on.^(TLL) Cicero's verse translation of Aratus has a star shining out.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to shine out, give out light, blaze or glow, mostly in poetry and post-Augustan prose: Virgil has a flame blazing up and a huge beard catching fire, and Livy a flame shining out.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder writes of a fish that glows on calm nights, and Pliny the Younger of flames shining from Vesuvius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also used of white or bright things: rust shows through the sheen of bronze in Pliny the Elder, pebbles shine in a clear spring in Pliny the Younger, and a flower glows in Apuleius.^(OLD 2012) The OLD notes that some perfect forms may belong to [[relucesco|alt=relūcēscō]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses the verb.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a star shining out.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a blazing flame.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of a glowing fish and rust showing through bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|shine]] out or back, give out light, [[m|en|blaze]], [[m|en|glow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of white or bright things, to shine, gleam.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[luceo|alt=lūceō]]

+ * [[relucesco|alt=relūcēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}