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“dawn” in Latin
lūcēscōto begin to shine; to dawn (growslight)illūcēscōto begin to dawn; to begin to light updīlūcēscōto dawn (begin to grow light)adolēscōto grow up, become an adult, mature; to grow, increase, augment, become greaterēlūceōto shine out or forth, glitter; to shine out, show oneself, stand out; to be apparent, manifestlūceōto be light, clear; to shine, glitter; to lightingeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character; nature; disposition, temper, inclination; intelligence, natural capacitydīlūculumdaybreak, dawn
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dawn v.
The day or morning dawns, lucescit; illucescit; dilucescit (☞ but not elucescit); lux oritur: the day has dawned, lucet: before the day dawns, antequam lucet: as soon as ever the morning dawns, ubi primum illucescit: as soon as it has dawned, simulatque lucet (or luceat); the morning had not yet dawned, when, etc., nondum lucebat, cum, etc.
FIG., To unfold itself, adolescere (advance towards maturity, e.g., ratio, ingenium): ostendere se (show itself): elucere (shine forth): His genius is beginning to dawn, scintilla ingenii jam elucet in puero (after Cic., Rep., 2, 21): *ingenium ejus sese ostendit or clarius conspicitur.
dawn s.
prima lux; diluculum: at dawn, diluculo; prima luce: ubi primum illuxit: ad lucem; luce oriente: called up at the first streak of the dawn, ad primam Auroram excitus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dawn?
- The usual Latin words for “dawn” are lūcēscō, illūcēscō, dīlūcēscō; also adolēscō, ēlūceō, lūceō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.