fulgor
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- fulgour (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]fulgor (usually uncountable, plural fulgors)
- Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
- 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:
- She held on straight for the Red Sea under a serene sky, under a sky scorching and unclouded, enveloped in a fulgor of sunshine that killed all thought, oppressed the heart, withered all impulses of strength and energy.
References
[edit]- “fulgor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]fulgor m (apocopated)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fulgeō (“I flash, lighten”) + -or (abstract noun suffix). A later formation compared to fulgur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfulɡor]
Noun
[edit]fulgor m (genitive fulgōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fulgor | fulgōrēs |
Genitive | fulgōris | fulgōrum |
Dative | fulgōrī | fulgōribus |
Accusative | fulgōrem | fulgōrēs |
Ablative | fulgōre | fulgōribus |
Vocative | fulgor | fulgōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin fulgor.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fulgor m (plural fulgores)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “fulgor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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