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Latin
Etymology
Back-formation from illūstrō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
illūstris (neuter illūstre, comparative illūstrior, superlative illūstrissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous
- clear, lucid
- illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominent
- highborn, noble (of rank)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “illustris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illustris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a star-light night: nox sideribus illustris
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum illustre
- of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- illustris in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016