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Latin
Etymology
From trāns- + lūceō (“shine”).
Pronunciation
Verb
trānslūceō (present infinitive trānslūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to shine across
- to shine or show through; to be transparent or translucent
Conjugation
- Perfect forms like trānslūxit are rare and non-Classical.
Descendants
References
- “transluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “transluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “transluceo”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.