effulgeo Latin · revision 33882

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=ine-pro *bʰlg-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''effulgeō''' (present infinitive effulgēre, perfect active effulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ A third-conjugation infinitive ''effulgere'' occurs in Virgil and Claudian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|fulgeō|t2=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|fulgeō]] to [[itc-pro|*folg-e/o-|t=to shine]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰlg-e/o-|t=to shine]], the root of [[grc|φλέγω|tr=phlégō|t=to burn]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL reads it from Virgil on,^(TLL) who has a new light flashing before the eyes and leaders shining far off with gold.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to shine or blaze forth: Livy has a great light flashing in the sky,^(OLD 2012) Virgil Pallas shining in her cloud and waves gleaming with gold,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Seneca the gleaming belly of a mullet.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is to shine in rich dress: Silius Italicus has a priest in snow-white robes, and Tacitus someone gleaming in finery.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to stand out: in Livy the fame of Philip and Alexander made a young man conspicuous, Pliny the Elder says all the fables of Greece first shone forth from one bay, and Tacitus speaks of a thought flashing out in a short, pointed phrase.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is not found before Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil and Claudian have a third-conjugation infinitive ''effulgere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the Vulgate it is used of the sun shining.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The English [[m|en|effulgent]] comes from its participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a new light flashing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a great light in the sky.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of a gleaming mullet.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of a thought flashing out.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1738 – [[m|en|effulgent]] appears in English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shine forth, [[m|en|blaze]], [[m|en|flash]], gleam, [[m|en|glitter]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(of persons)'' to shine in rich dress.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To be conspicuous, stand out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fulgeō]]

+ * [[fulgor]]

+ * [[en|effulgent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}