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

collūceō

collūceō (present infinitive collūcēre, perfect active collūxī)
Classical[kɔlˈluː.ke.oː]Ecclesiastical[kolˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]
conlūceō

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto give out light on every side; to be bright, lit up or illuminated, shine brightly
    candet ebur soliis, collucent pocula mensae1913 translation by F. W. Cornish, J. P. Postgate, and J. W. Mackail White gleams the ivory of the thrones, bright are the cups on the tablec. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 45
    subitoque per alta collucet iuga dissultans Vulcanius ardorSuddnely, flame of Vulcan, bursting asunder, shines throughout the lofty peaksc. 83 CE – 96 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 9.607–608
  2. intransitiveto be resplendent, glitter, glisten
    vidi collucere omnia furtis tuis1928 translation by L. H. G. Greenwood I looked at the brilliant show that was made by your thefts (literally, “I saw all to shine on account of your thefts”)70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.1.58
    quia purpureis collucent floribus agribecause the fields glow with purple flowers8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.363

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.collūceōcollūcēbamcollūcēbōcollūxīcollūxeramcollūxerō
2nd sg.collūcēscollūcēbāscollūcēbiscollūxistīcollūxerāscollūxeris
3rd sg.collūcetcollūcēbatcollūcēbitcollūxitcollūxeratcollūxerit
1st pl.collūcēmuscollūcēbāmuscollūcēbimuscollūximuscollūxerāmuscollūxerimus
2nd pl.collūcētiscollūcēbātiscollūcēbitiscollūxistiscollūxerātiscollūxeritis
3rd pl.collūcentcollūcēbantcollūcēbuntcollūxērunt
collūxēre
collūxerantcollūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.collūceamcollūcēremcollūxerimcollūxissem
2nd sg.collūceāscollūcērēscollūxerīscollūxissēs
3rd sg.collūceatcollūcēretcollūxeritcollūxisset
1st pl.collūceāmuscollūcērēmuscollūxerīmuscollūxissēmus
2nd pl.collūceātiscollūcērētiscollūxerītiscollūxissētis
3rd pl.collūceantcollūcērentcollūxerintcollūxissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.collūcē—
pres. 2nd pl.collūcēte—
fut. 2nd sg.collūcētō—
fut. 3rd sg.collūcētō—
fut. 2nd pl.collūcētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.collūcentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecollūcēre—
perfect infinitivecollūxisse—
present participlecollūcēns—
gerundcollūcendī, collūcendō, collūcendum

col-lūcĕo (conl-), ēre, v. n.,
I. to give light on every side, to shine brightly, to be wholly illuminated, to be bright or brilliant (class. in prose and poetry; not in Hor.).
I. Prop.
(a). Absol.: sol, qui tam longe lateque colluceat, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: caelum conlucet omnibus, id. Univ. 9 med.: taeda per undas, * Lucr. 6, 883: collucent ignes, Verg. A. 9, 166; so, faces, id. ib. 4, 567; Curt. 3, 8, 22: per campum, Tac. A. 3, 4: lampades undique, Ov. H. 14, 25: pocula, Cat. 64, 45: plumae ignium modo, Plin. 10, 47, 67, § 132.—
(b). With abl.: candelabri fulgore, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71: ignibus aedes, Ov. M. 4, 403: moenia flammis, Verg. A. 5, 4; Liv. 38, 6, 2: castra fulgore ignis, Curt. 3, 3, 3: polus ignibus, Stat. S. 1, 6, 89: omnia luminibus, Liv. 24, 21, 9: totus veste atque insignibus armis, Verg. A. 10, 539.—
(g). Ab aliquā re (cf. ab, II.): (mare), quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105.—
II. Trop., to shine, be resplendent: vidi collucere omnia furtis tuis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. N. D. 2, 39, 99: collucent floribus agri, Ov. F. 5, 363; cf. Col. 3, 21, 3; 10, 293.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincollūceō

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *lukéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō? Latin lūceō Latin collūceō From con- + lūceō (“shine”).

Quick answers

What does collūceō mean in Latin?
collūceō, a verb, means “to give out light on every side; to be bright, lit up or illuminated, shine brightly; to be resplendent, glitter, glisten”.
What are the principal parts of collūceō?
collūceō, collūcēre, collūxī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce collūceō?
In classical Latin, [kɔlˈluː.ke.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kolˈluː.t͡ʃe.o].
Where does collūceō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin collūceō.