illucesco Latin · revision 33967

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪl.luːˈkeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [il.luˈt͡ʃɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''illūcēscō''' (present infinitive illūcēscere, perfect active illūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|lūcēscō|t2=to begin to shine]], an inchoative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|lūcēscō]] belongs with [[m|la|lūceō|t=to shine]] and [[m|la|lūx|t=light]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*louk-|t=light]] and [[ine-pro|*leuk-|t=light]], the root of [[grc|λευκός|tr=leukós|t=clear, white]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL reads it from Plautus on.^(TLL) In the ''Amphitruo'' it is transitive, of day shining on mortals with clear light, and in the ''Persa'' a speaker says that a profitable day has dawned.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its usual sense is intransitive, of the day dawning or the sun beginning to shine, most often in the perfect tenses: Cicero says that a day will one day dawn, and of a day that as soon as it dawned the dead were found.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Livy uses it impersonally, "when it grew light".^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it means to shine out: in the speech on the agrarian law Cicero speaks of the voice and authority of a consul suddenly shining out in such darkness.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives "shine upon, give light, enlighten" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995) It is also spelled ''illūcīscō'' and ''inl-''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a day that has dawned.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the consul's voice shining out in the darkness.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy impersonally, "when it grew light".^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(transitive)'' To shine on.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of day)'' To begin to grow light, [[m|en|dawn]], break;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(of the sun)'' to begin to shine;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(impersonal)'' it dawns.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To shine out; to [[m|en|enlighten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[illūceō]]

+ * [[lūceō]]

+ * [[lūcēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}