fulgeo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *folgēō (earlier *folgējō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-eh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”), whence also flagrō.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

fulgeō (present infinitive fulgēre, perfect active fulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine
    Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, resplendeō, micō
    • c. 30 BCE, Horace, Epodes 15.1–2:
      nox erat et caelō fulgēbat lūna serēnō
      inter minōra sīdera
      It was night, and the moon was shining in a clear sky
      among the lesser stars
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.76:
      ubi est hodiē quae Lyra fulsit heri?
      Where is today [the constellation] Lyra which glittered yesterday?
  2. (figuratively) to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to some achievement) [with ablative]
    Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, liqueō, splendeō, ēniteō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fulgeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fulgeō fulgēs fulget fulgēmus fulgētis fulgent
imperfect fulgēbam fulgēbās fulgēbat fulgēbāmus fulgēbātis fulgēbant
future fulgēbō fulgēbis fulgēbit fulgēbimus fulgēbitis fulgēbunt
perfect fulsī fulsistī fulsit fulsimus fulsistis fulsērunt,
fulsēre
pluperfect fulseram fulserās fulserat fulserāmus fulserātis fulserant
future perfect fulserō fulseris fulserit fulserimus fulseritis fulserint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fulgeam fulgeās fulgeat fulgeāmus fulgeātis fulgeant
imperfect fulgērem fulgērēs fulgēret fulgērēmus fulgērētis fulgērent
perfect fulserim fulserīs fulserit fulserīmus fulserītis fulserint
pluperfect fulsissem fulsissēs fulsisset fulsissēmus fulsissētis fulsissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fulgē — — fulgēte —
future — fulgētō fulgētō — fulgētōte fulgentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present fulgēre — fulgēns —
perfect fulsisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fulgendī fulgendō fulgendum fulgendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: fulgir
  • → Galician: fulxir
  • → Italian: fulgere
  • → Portuguese: fulgir
  • → Spanish: fulgir

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fulgō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247

Further reading

  • “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fulgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “fulgeo” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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