illustro
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ilˈluːs.troː/, [ɪlˈluːs.troː]
Verb
illūstrō (present infinitive illūstrāre, perfect active illūstrāvī, supine illūstrātum); first conjugation
- I illuminate, brighten, light up.
- I elucidate, explain, make clear.
- I make famous, render illustrious.
Inflection
Related terms
- illūstrāmentum
- illūstrātiō
- illūstrātor
Descendants
- Catalan: il·lustrar
- English: illustrate
- Esperanto: ilustri
- French: illustrer
- German: illustrieren
- Ido: ilustrar
- Italian: illustrare
- Portuguese: ilustrar
- Russian: иллюстрировать (illustrirovat')
- Spanish: ilustrar
References
- illustro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illustro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
- to write expositions of philosophy in Latin: philosophiam latinis litteris illustrare (Acad. 1. 1. 3)
- to depict a thing in lively colours: summo colore aliquid illustrare
- to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
- illustro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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