LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

affulgeō

affulgeō (present infinitive affulgēre, perfect active affulsī)
Classical[afˈfʊɫ.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[afˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o]

Meaning

  1. to shine on someone or something
  2. figurativelyto appear, dawn or shine forth favorably upon

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.affulgeōaffulgēbamaffulgēbōaffulsīaffulseramaffulserō
2nd sg.affulgēsaffulgēbāsaffulgēbisaffulsistīaffulserāsaffulseris
3rd sg.affulgetaffulgēbataffulgēbitaffulsitaffulserataffulserit
1st pl.affulgēmusaffulgēbāmusaffulgēbimusaffulsimusaffulserāmusaffulserimus
2nd pl.affulgētisaffulgēbātisaffulgēbitisaffulsistisaffulserātisaffulseritis
3rd pl.affulgentaffulgēbantaffulgēbuntaffulsērunt
affulsēre
affulserantaffulserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.affulgeamaffulgēremaffulserimaffulsissem
2nd sg.affulgeāsaffulgērēsaffulserīsaffulsissēs
3rd sg.affulgeataffulgēretaffulseritaffulsisset
1st pl.affulgeāmusaffulgērēmusaffulserīmusaffulsissēmus
2nd pl.affulgeātisaffulgērētisaffulserītisaffulsissētis
3rd pl.affulgeantaffulgērentaffulserintaffulsissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.affulgē—
pres. 2nd pl.affulgēte—
fut. 2nd sg.affulgētō—
fut. 3rd sg.affulgētō—
fut. 2nd pl.affulgētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.affulgentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaffulgēre—
perfect infinitiveaffulsisse—
present participleaffulgēns—
gerundaffulgendī, affulgendō, affulgendum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

spes affulget (Liv. 27. 28)
a ray of hope shines on us.

af-fulgĕo (better adf-), ulsi, 2, v. n.,
I. to shine on a thing (poet., and in the Aug. and post-Aug. histt.).
I. Lit.: Non Venus adfulsit, non illā Juppiter horā, Ov. Ib. 213: nitenti Adfulsit vultu ridens Venus, Sil. 7, 467: instar veris vultus tuus Adfulsit, Hor. C. 4, 5, 6.—
II. Fig., to shine, dawn, appear: defensurum se urbem prima spes adfulsit, Liv. 27, 28; cf. id. 23, 32: mihi talis fortuna, id. 30, 30: lux civitati, id. 9, 10: Cretensibus nihil praesidii, Val. Max. 7, 6, 1 ext.: occasio, Flor. 4, 9 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaffulgeō

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥géh₁yeti Proto-Italic *folgēō Latin fulgeō Latin affulgeō From ad- + fulgeō (“shine”).

Quick answers

What does affulgeō mean in Latin?
affulgeō, a verb, means “to shine on someone or something; to appear, dawn or shine forth favorably upon”.
What are the principal parts of affulgeō?
affulgeō, affulgēre, affulsī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce affulgeō?
In classical Latin, [afˈfʊɫ.ɡe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [afˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o].
Where does affulgeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin affulgeō.