German

Noun

Lux n ‎(genitive Lux, plural Lux)

1. lux

English

Noun

lux ‎(plural lux or luxes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare French luxer. See luxate.

Verb

lux ‎(third-person singular simple present luxes, present participle luxing, simple past and past participle luxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To put out of joint; to luxate.

See also

• luxed up

Greek

Noun

lux n

1. Alternative form of λουξ ‎(loux)

External links

• Lux on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- ‎(“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός ‎(leukós), Sanskrit रोचते ‎(rocate) and Old English lēoht (English light ‎(noun)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luːks/, [ɫuːks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luks/

Noun

lūx f ‎(genitive lūcis); third declension

1. light (of the sun, stars etc.)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.3

     dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux

     And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

2. daylight, day, moonlight
3. life
4. (figuratively) public view
5. glory, encouragement
6. enlightenment, explanation
7. splendour
8. eyesight, the eyes, luminary

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• luceo, lucere

Derived terms

• ēlūcus.
• lūce
• lūcidus
• lūcifer
• lūmen

Descendants

See also

• lūce ‎(“in the daytime”)
• prīmā lūce ‎(“at daybreak”)
• lūce carentēs ‎(“the dead”)

References

• lux in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lux in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LUX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lux”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • before daybreak: ante lucem
    
  • the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est
    
  • to see the light, come into the world: in lucem edi
    
  • those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
    
  • to sleep on into the morning: in lucem dormire
    
  • to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) at daybreak: prima luce
    
  • (ambiguous) in full daylight: luce (luci)
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
    
  • (ambiguous) to shun publicity: forensi luce carere
    
  • (ambiguous) this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius
    

Portuguese

Noun

lux m (plural lux or luxes)

1. lux (the derived unit of illuminance)

Spanish

Noun

lux m ‎(plural lux)

1. lux

Swedish

Noun

lux c

1. lux (singular and plural)