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elucubro
elucubro
Latin
Alternative forms
- (deponent form) ēlūcubror
Etymology
From ex- (“out of”) + lūcubrō (“work by night, candlelight or lamplight”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈluː.ku.broː/
Verb
ēlūcubrō (present infinitive ēlūcubrāre, perfect active ēlūcubrāvī, supine ēlūcubrātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I make, produce or compose by night, candlelight or lamplight with great labor; I burn the midnight oil.
Inflection
Derived terms
- ēlūcubrātiō
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References
- elucubro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- elucubro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elucubro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.