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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *folgēō (earlier *folgējō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-eh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”), whence also flagrō.
Pronunciation
Verb
fulgeō (present infinitive fulgēre, perfect active fulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine
- Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, resplendeō, micō
c. 30 BCE,
Horace,
Epodes 15.1–2:
- nox erat et caelō fulgēbat lūna serēnō
inter minōra sīdera- It was night, and the moon was shining in a clear sky
among the lesser stars
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.76:
- ubi est hodiē quae Lyra fulsit heri?
- Where is today Lyra which glittered yesterday?
- (figuratively) to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to some achievement)
- Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, liqueō, splendeō, ēniteō
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References
Further reading
- “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.