reluceo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ lūceō (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈɫuː.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

relūceō (present infinitive relūcēre, perfect active relūxī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to shine (back), give out light, blaze, glow

Conjugation

• The third principal part is shared with relūcēscō.

   Conjugation of relūceō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	relūceō		relūcēs		relūcet		relūcēmus		relūcētis		relūcent
	imperfect	relūcēbam		relūcēbās		relūcēbat		relūcēbāmus		relūcēbātis		relūcēbant
	future	relūcēbō		relūcēbis		relūcēbit		relūcēbimus		relūcēbitis		relūcēbunt
	perfect	relūxī		relūxistī		relūxit		relūximus		relūxistis		relūxērunt, relūxēre
	pluperfect	relūxeram		relūxerās		relūxerat		relūxerāmus		relūxerātis		relūxerant
	future perfect	relūxerō		relūxeris		relūxerit		relūxerimus		relūxeritis		relūxerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	relūceam		relūceās		relūceat		relūceāmus		relūceātis		relūceant
	imperfect	relūcērem		relūcērēs		relūcēret		relūcērēmus		relūcērētis		relūcērent
	perfect	relūxerim		relūxerīs		relūxerit		relūxerīmus		relūxerītis		relūxerint
	pluperfect	relūxissem		relūxissēs		relūxisset		relūxissēmus		relūxissētis		relūxissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		relūcē		—		—		relūcēte		—
	future	—		relūcētō		relūcētō		—		relūcētōte		relūcentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		relūcēre			—			relūcēns			—
perfect		relūxisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		relūcendī		relūcendō		relūcendum		relūcendō		—		—

Related terms

• allūceō
• circumlūceō
• collūceō
• dīlūceō
• ēlūceō
• illūceō
• interlūceō
• lūceō
• pellūceō, perlūceō
• praelūceō
• prōlūceō
• sublūceō
• superlūceō
• trānslūceō

Descendants

• Catalan: relluir
• French: reluire
• Old Galician-Portuguese: reluzir
  • Galician: relucir
  • Portuguese: reluzir
• Italian: rilucere
• Norman: relîser
• Spanish: relucir

References

• “reluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “reluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “reluceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.