transluceo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
    Proto-Italic *trānts
    Latin trāns
    Latin trāns-
    Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.
    Proto-Italic *loukēō
    Latin lūceō
    Latin trānslūceō

    From trāns- +‎ lūceō (“shine”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    trānslūceō (present infinitive trānslūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

    1. to shine across
    2. to shine or show through; to be transparent or translucent

    Conjugation

    • Perfect forms like trānslūxit are rare and non-Classical.
       Conjugation of trānslūceō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present trānslūceō trānslūcēs trānslūcet trānslūcēmus trānslūcētis trānslūcent
    imperfect trānslūcēbam trānslūcēbās trānslūcēbat trānslūcēbāmus trānslūcēbātis trānslūcēbant
    future trānslūcēbō trānslūcēbis trānslūcēbit trānslūcēbimus trānslūcēbitis trānslūcēbunt
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present trānslūceam trānslūceās trānslūceat trānslūceāmus trānslūceātis trānslūceant
    imperfect trānslūcērem trānslūcērēs trānslūcēret trānslūcērēmus trānslūcērētis trānslūcērent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — trānslūcē — — trānslūcēte —
    future — trānslūcētō trānslūcētō — trānslūcētōte trānslūcentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present trānslūcēre — trānslūcēns —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    trānslūcendī trānslūcendō trānslūcendum trānslūcendō — —

    Descendants

    • Italian: tralucere
    • Occitan: treslusir
    • Old French: tresluisir, tresluire
    • Spanish: traslucir, translucir

    References

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