perluceo Latin · revision 33177

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leuk-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''perlūceō''' (present infinitive perlūcēre, perfect active perlūxī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''pellūceō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|lūceō|t1=through|t2=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|lūceō]] from the root of [[m|la|lūx|t=light]], [[itc-pro|*louk-]] and [[ine-pro|*leuk-|t=light]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first: in the ''Aulularia'' a man is so thin, all skin and bone, that he shows light through like a Punic lantern, and in the ''Rudens'' a house lets in light more than a sieve.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to let light through, be transparent, as Cicero's thin and transparent ether and Pliny the Elder's violet amethysts.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to show through a covering or shine out against a dark background, as Livy's uncertain light already showing and Catullus' stream shining down from a mountain top.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to be plain to see, as Seneca's every vice of a royal house shows through.^(OLD 2012) Priscian testifies to the spelling ⟨pellūceō⟩, but the TLL finds it hardly ever transmitted.^(TLL)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a thin man and a leaky house.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of transparent ether.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus, of a stream shining out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of vices showing through.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To let light through, be [[m|en|transparent]], [[m|en|pellucid]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To shine through, be visible through a covering; to shine out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To be clear, apparent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perlucidus]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[allūceō]]

+ * [[collūceō]]

+ * [[dīlūceō]]

+ * [[ēlūceō]]

+ * [[illūceō]]

+ * [[interlūceō]]

+ * [[lūceō]]

+ * [[praelūceō]]

+ * [[lūx]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}