splendeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁- (“to be manifest”). Cognate with Old Irish sluindid (“to express, declare”) and also Old Cornish splan (“shining, splendid”).

Pronunciation

Verb

splendeō (present infinitive splendēre, perfect active splenduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to shine, glitter, gleam, glisten; to be bright
    Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō
  2. (figuratively) to be bright, distinguished or illustrious
    Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, liqueō, fulgeō, ēniteō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of splendeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present splendeō splendēs splendet splendēmus splendētis splendent
imperfect splendēbam splendēbās splendēbat splendēbāmus splendēbātis splendēbant
future splendēbō splendēbis splendēbit splendēbimus splendēbitis splendēbunt
perfect splenduī splenduistī splenduit splenduimus splenduistis splenduērunt,
splenduēre
pluperfect splendueram splenduerās splenduerat splenduerāmus splenduerātis splenduerant
future perfect splenduerō splendueris splenduerit splenduerimus splendueritis splenduerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present splendeam splendeās splendeat splendeāmus splendeātis splendeant
imperfect splendērem splendērēs splendēret splendērēmus splendērētis splendērent
perfect splenduerim splenduerīs splenduerit splenduerīmus splenduerītis splenduerint
pluperfect splenduissem splenduissēs splenduisset splenduissēmus splenduissētis splenduissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — splendē — — splendēte —
future — splendētō splendētō — splendētōte splendentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present splendēre — splendēns —
perfect splenduisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
splendendī splendendō splendendum splendendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: splendere

References

  • “splendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “splendeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • splendeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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