diluculum

Latin

Etymology

From diēs (“day”) +‎ lūx (“light”) +‎ -ulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diːˈɫuː.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [diˈluː.ku.lum]

Noun

dīlūculum n (genitive dīlūculī); second declension

1. daybreak, dawn

   Synonym: gallicinium

   Antonym: crepusculum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula
genitive	dīlūculī	dīlūculōrum
dative	dīlūculō	dīlūculīs
accusative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula
ablative	dīlūculō	dīlūculīs
vocative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula

References

• “diluculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diluculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "diluculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “diluculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the morning twilight: diluculo