Latin

Adjective

illustris m, f ‎(neuter illustre); third declension

1. bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous
2. clear, lucid
3. illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominent
4. (of rank) highborn, noble

Inflection

Third declension.

• comparative: illustrior, superlative: illustrissimus

Descendants

• French: illustre
• Italian: illustre
• Spanish: illustre

References

• illustris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “illustris”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a star-light night: nox sideribus illustris
    
  • a good, brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum illustre
    
  • of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
    
• illustris in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016