LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

dīlūculat

dīlūculat (present infinitive dīlūculāre, perfect active dīlūculāvit)
Classical[diːˈɫuː.kʊ.ɫat]Ecclesiastical[diˈluː.ku.lat]

Meaning

  1. impersonalto dawn (grow light)

Conjugation conjugation 1 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.——————
2nd sg.——————
3rd sg.dīlūculatdīlūculābatdīlūculābitdīlūculāvitdīlūculāveratdīlūculāverit
1st pl.——————
2nd pl.——————
3rd pl.——————
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.————
2nd sg.————
3rd sg.dīlūculetdīlūculāretdīlūculāveritdīlūculāvisset
1st pl.————
2nd pl.————
3rd pl.————
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
fut. 3rd sg.dīlūculātō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedīlūculāre—
perfect infinitivedīlūculāvisse—
present participledīlūculāns—
gerunddīlūculandī, dīlūculandō, dīlūculandum

dīlūcŭlat, ābat, 1,
I. v. impers. [diluculum], it grows light, it dawns; perh. only Gell. 2, 29, 7; 7, 1, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dīlūculat From dīlūculum (“daybreak, dawn”) + -ō.

Quick answers

What does dīlūculat mean in Latin?
dīlūculat, a verb, means “to dawn (grow light)”.
What are the principal parts of dīlūculat?
dīlūculat, dīlūculāre, dīlūculāvit (first conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce dīlūculat?
In classical Latin, [diːˈɫuː.kʊ.ɫat]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈluː.ku.lat].