What does dīlūculum mean in Latin?

dīlūculum, a noun, means “daybreak, dawn”.

What is the genitive of dīlūculum?

The genitive singular is dīlūculī. dīlūculum is neuter, second declension.

How do you pronounce dīlūculum?

In classical Latin, [diːˈɫuː.kʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈluː.ku.lum].

noun · neutersecond declension

dīlūculum

dīlūculum n (genitive dīlūculī)

Classical[diːˈɫuː.kʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[diˈluː.ku.lum]

Meaning

daybreak, dawn

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

prīma lūx, māne

dīlūculum -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 3

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Mane · Crepusculo · Diluculo

Mane (from μηνύειν) denotes in the morning, in the early course of the bright day, in opp. to the night, and the forenoon hours, like ὄρθρῳ; crepusculo (from creperus, κρύψαι) in the twilight, in opp. to the bright day; diluculo, in the twilight, in opp. to the dark night, like λυκόφως.

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula
genitive	dīlūculī	dīlūculōrum
dative	dīlūculō	dīlūculīs
accusative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula
ablative	dīlūculō	dīlūculīs
vocative	dīlūculum	dīlūcula

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

diluculo: in the morning twilight.

dīlūcŭlum, i, n. diluceo,

I. daybreak, dawn (cf. crepusculum), Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 105; Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19; id. Att. 16, 13, a; cf. Macr. S. 1, 3 fin.; Censor. 24; Vulg. Luc. 24, 1 et saep.—In plur., Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 1, 5.

Origins

From diēs (“day”) + lūcis (“light”) + -ulum.