fulgor
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Alternative forms
- fulgour (obsolete)
Etymology
Noun
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
- “fulgor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Noun
fulgor m (apocopated)
Etymology
fulgeō (“I flash, lighten”) + -or (abstract noun suffix). A later formation compared to fulgur.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈful.ɡor/, [ˈfulɡor]
Noun
fulgor m (genitive fulgōris); third declension
Declension
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
Descendants
References
- “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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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