lucubrare

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin lūcubrāre, present active infinitive of lūcubrō (“I work at night or by candlelight or lamplight”), from Proto-Italic *lewk-o-dʰro-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.kuˈbra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: lu‧cu‧brà‧re

Verb

lucubràre (first-person singular present lùcubro, first-person singular past historic lucubrài, past participle lucubràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, transitive, intransitive) to write by candlelight (or lamplight)
  2. (literary, transitive, intransitive, transferred sense) to carefully elaborate or develop (e.g. a thought)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lucubràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lucubràre
auxiliary verb avére gerund lucubràndo
present participle lucubrànte past participle lucubràto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lùcubro lùcubri lùcubra lucubriàmo lucubràte lùcubrano
imperfect lucubràvo lucubràvi lucubràva lucubravàmo lucubravàte lucubràvano
past historic lucubrài lucubràsti lucubrò lucubràmmo lucubràste lucubràrono
future lucubrerò lucubrerài lucubrerà lucubrerémo lucubreréte lucubrerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lucubrerèi lucubrerésti lucubrerèbbe, lucubrerébbe lucubrerémmo lucubreréste lucubrerèbbero, lucubrerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present lùcubri lùcubri lùcubri lucubriàmo lucubriàte lùcubrino
imperfect lucubràssi lucubràssi lucubràsse lucubràssimo lucubràste lucubràssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
lùcubra lùcubri lucubriàmo lucubràte lùcubrino
negative imperative non lucubràre non lùcubri non lucubriàmo non lucubràte non lùcubrino

References

Latin

Verb

lūcubrāre

  1. inflection of lūcubrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

lucubrare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of lucubrar
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