perlucidus Latin · revision 33853

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈɫʊ.kɪ.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈluː.t͡ʃi.dus]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''perlucidus''' (feminine perlucida, neuter perlucidum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''pellūcidus''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|perlūceō|-idus|t1=to shine through]], as the OLD has it; the TLL takes it as ⟨per-⟩ added to [[m|la|lūcidus|t=bright]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Both go back to the family of [[m|la|lūx|t=light]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*leuk-|t=light]], cognate with [[grc|λευκός|tr=leukós|t=clear, white]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the ''Persa'', of a clear broth, with the spelling ''pellūcidus'';^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) the TLL finds that spelling only there.^(TLL)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means transparent, letting light through,^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) and figuratively clear in meaning, as Vitruvius says of plain thoughts and sentences.^(OLD 2012) It also means very bright, radiant: Cicero contrasts a dim star with a bright, clear one in the ''De divinatione''.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein separates the two senses by spelling, ''perlūcidus'' “very bright” and ''pellūcidus'' “transparent”.^(Döderlein 1874) The comparative is found from Cicero and Horace, the superlative only in Hilary.^(TLL) Stelten glosses it “transparent”.^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a clear broth.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a bright star.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of clear meaning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|transparent|alt=Transparent]], [[m|en|pellucid]]; figuratively, clearly intelligible.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Having a clear light, very bright, [[m|en|radiant]].^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perlūciditās]]

+ * [[perlūcidulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[perlūceō]]

+ * [[lūcidus]]

+ * [[lūx]]

+ * [[en|pellucid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}