diluculum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈɫuː.kʊ.ɫũː]

Noun

dīlūculum n (genitive dīlūculī); second declension

  1. daybreak, dawn
    Synonyms: gallicinium, ante lucem
    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’s 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in the morning twilight: diluculo
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