luminare
Aromanian
Italian
FWOTD – 30 May 2018
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu.miˈna.re/, [l̺umiˈn̺äːr̺e̞]
- Stress: luminàre
- Hyphenation: lu‧mi‧na‧re
Etymology 1
From Late Latin lūmināre (“star” ← “light” ← “opening that lets light in”).
Noun
luminare m (plural luminari)
- (obsolete) A shining heavenly body (especially said of the Sun and the Moon).
- 1754, Niccolò Maria Bona, “Panegirico in onore de' SS. Cosma, e Damiano [Panegyric in honor of St. Cosmas and Damian]”, in Panegirici ed orazioni [Panegyrics and Prayers], Venice: Giovanni Tevernin, page 89:
- maraviglia non è, ſe fino da' primieri lor anni […] ſì ſplendidamente eſſi folgoreggiaſſero, come i due luminari del Cielo
- it's no wonder that, ever since their early years, they were so magnificently blazing like the two lights of the sky [the Sun and the Moon]
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- (figuratively) One who has achieved success in their field; leading light, luminary.
- (archaeology) A vertical opening in a catacomb meant to let light and air inside.
- (obsolete, rare) illumination, luminary
- Synonyms: illuminazione, lume, luminaria
Etymology 2
From Latin lūmināre, present active infinitive form of lūminō (“I illuminate, brighten”).
Verb
luminare
- (obsolete, transitive) to illuminate, lighten, light up
- c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, Teseida, G. Laterza & Figli, published 1941, page 121:
- «O chiaro Febo, per cui luminato ¶ è tutto il mondo […] »
- "O bright Phoebus, by whom the whole world is lightened […] "
- Synonym: illuminare
- Antonyms: abbuiare, offuscare, oscurare
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- (literary, rare, intransitive) to shine, glow
- 1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Novelle della Pescara, published 2016, page 285:
- Una specie di mollezza esotica pareva spargersi nel tramonto. Sorgevano, nella fantasia popolare, le rive favoleggiate e luminavano.
- A sort of exotic softness seemed to be spreading in the sunset. In the popular imagination, the fantasized-upon coasts were rising and shining.
- Synonym: risplendere
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Conjugation
Conjugation of luminare
infinitive | luminare | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | luminando | |||
present participle | luminante | past participle | luminato | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | lumino | lumini | lumina | luminiamo | luminate | luminano |
imperfect | luminavo | luminavi | luminava | luminavamo | luminavate | luminavano |
past historic | luminai | luminasti | luminò | luminammo | luminaste | luminarono |
future | luminerò | luminerai | luminerà | lumineremo | luminerete | lumineranno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | luminerei | lumineresti | luminerebbe | lumineremmo | luminereste | luminerebbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | lumini | lumini | lumini | luminiamo | luminiate | luminino |
imperfect | luminassi | luminassi | luminasse | luminassimo | luminaste | luminassero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
lumina, non luminare | lumini | luminiamo | luminate | luminino |
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luː.miˈnaː.re/, [ɫuː.mɪˈnaː.rɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lu.miˈna.re/, [lu.miˈnaː.re]
Noun
lūmināre n (genitive lūmināris); third declension
- (literally) That which gives light; enlightener
- a window-shutter, window (that lets light in)
- (Late Latin, in the plural) light, lamp (such as those lighted in churches in honor of martyrs)
- (Late Latin, in the plural) A luminary; especially a heavenly body.
Declension
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lūmināre | lūmināria |
Genitive | lūmināris | lūminārium |
Dative | lūminārī | lūmināribus |
Accusative | lūmināre | lūmināria |
Ablative | lūminārī | lūmināribus |
Vocative | lūmināre | lūmināria |
Descendants
References
- luminare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- luminare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Romanian
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