lucesco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lūceō (“shine”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luːˈkeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪uːˈkeːs̠koː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈt͡ʃes.ko/, [luˈt͡ʃɛsko]

Verb

lūcēscō (present infinitive lūcēscere, perfect active lūxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. I begin to shine
  2. (impersonal) it dawns (grows light)

Conjugation
   Conjugation of lūcēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūcēscō lūcēscis lūcēscit lūcēscimus lūcēscitis lūcēscunt
imperfect lūcēscēbam lūcēscēbās lūcēscēbat lūcēscēbāmus lūcēscēbātis lūcēscēbant
future lūcēscam lūcēscēs lūcēscet lūcēscēmus lūcēscētis lūcēscent
perfect lūxī lūxistī lūxit lūximus lūxistis lūxērunt,
lūxēre
pluperfect lūxeram lūxerās lūxerat lūxerāmus lūxerātis lūxerant
future perfect lūxerō lūxeris lūxerit lūxerimus lūxeritis lūxerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūcēscam lūcēscās lūcēscat lūcēscāmus lūcēscātis lūcēscant
imperfect lūcēscerem lūcēscerēs lūcēsceret lūcēscerēmus lūcēscerētis lūcēscerent
perfect lūxerim lūxerīs lūxerit lūxerīmus lūxerītis lūxerint
pluperfect lūxissem lūxissēs lūxisset lūxissēmus lūxissētis lūxissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lūcēsce — — lūcēscite —
future — lūcēscitō lūcēscitō — lūcēscitōte lūcēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lūcēscere lūxisse — — — —
participles lūcēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lūcēscendī lūcēscendō lūcēscendum lūcēscendō — —

Descendants

(All suppleted with *lūcīre.)

  • Aromanian: lutsescu
  • Catalan: lluir
  • Friulian: lusî
  • Romanian: luci

References
  • “lucesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lucesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lucesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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