Lucifer

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See also: lucifer, Lúcifer, and lucífer

English

G.H. Frezza, Lucifer, 1704

Etymology

From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (light) +‎ ferō (bear, carry)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (lightbearer) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lucifer

  1. (literary) The planet Venus as the daystar (or morning star).
    Synonym: Phosphorus
    Antonyms: Vesper, Hesperus
  2. (biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
  3. Satan, the Devil.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

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Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lucifer m anim

  1. Lucifer (supreme evil spirit)
    Synonyms: Satan, Belzebub

Declension

Further reading

  • Lucifer in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Lucifer in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Lucifer in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈly.siˌfɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lucifer m

  1. Lucifer (mythological fallen angel)

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lucifer m

  1. Lucifer

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lūx +‎ -fer, calque of Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lūcifer m sg (genitive Lūciferī); second declension

  1. (astronomy) morning star, daystar, planet Venus
  2. (biblical) Lucifer
  3. (Greek mythology) Lucifer, the fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx
  4. (poetic) day

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lūcifer
Genitive Lūciferī
Dative Lūciferō
Accusative Lūciferum
Ablative Lūciferō
Vocative Lūcifer

Descendants

Further reading

  • Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lucifer”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • Lucifer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Lucifer”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliu̯sifər/
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lucifer

  1. Satan; the Devil; the supreme Christian figure of evil.
  2. The planet Venus as the daystar.

Descendants

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the inherited doublet from the same source, luceafăr.

Proper noun

Lucifer m (genitive and dative lui Lucifer)

  1. Lucifer

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǔt͡sifer/
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lùcifer m (Cyrillic spelling Лу̀цифер)

  1. Lucifer

Declension

References

  • Lucifer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the doublet lucífero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /luθiˈfeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /lusiˈfeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: Lu‧ci‧fer

Proper noun

Lucifer

  1. Lucifer