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luminare
luminare
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin luminare, from Latin lumen.
Noun
luminare m (plural luminari)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Verb
lūmināre
- present active infinitive of lūminō
- second-person singular present passive imperative of lūminō
- second-person singular present passive indicative of lūminō
Etymology 2
Found in Late Latin. From lumen.
Alternative forms
- luminar
Noun
luminare
- a window shutter, window
- lights or lamps (such as those lighted in churches in honor of martyrs)
- (Medieval Latin) that which produces light, such as a star
Descendants
References
- luminare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “luminare”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.