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Latin
Etymology
From the oblique stem luc- of lūx (“light”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lūculentus (feminine lūculenta, neuter lūculentum, superlative lūculentissimus, adverb lūculenter); first/second-declension adjective
- full of light, brilliant, bright, splendid
- distinguished, excellent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “luculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luculentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luculentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum luculentum