fulgens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of fulgeō or fulgō (“I shine”).

Participle

fulgēns (genitive fulgentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. shining, glittering
  2. (figuratively) being conspicuous or illustrious

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative fulgēns fulgentēs fulgentia
genitive fulgentis fulgentium
dative fulgentī fulgentibus
accusative fulgentem fulgēns fulgentēs
fulgentīs 		fulgentia
ablative fulgente
fulgentī1 		fulgentibus
vocative fulgēns fulgentēs fulgentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Middle English: fulgent
  • → Middle French: fulgent
  • → Translingual: Ailurus fulgens m (“red panda”)

References

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