lucens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of lūceō (“I shine”).

Participle

lūcēns (genitive lūcentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. shining.
  2. (of the day) dawning, becoming light.
  3. showing through; becoming visible.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative lūcēns lūcentēs lūcentia
Genitive lūcentis lūcentium
Dative lūcentī lūcentibus
Accusative lūcentem lūcēns lūcentēs
lūcentīs 		lūcentia
Ablative lūcente
lūcentī1 		lūcentibus
Vocative lūcēns lūcentēs lūcentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: lucente ⇒ lucenza
  • → English: lucent

References

  • “lucens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lucens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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