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“luminous” in Latin
lūminōsusbright, luminous, full of lightlūcidusclear, bright, shining, full of light; clear, perspicuous, lucidillūstrisbright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominentsplendeōto shine, glitter, gleam, glisten; to be bright; to be bright, distinguished or illustriousfulgeōto blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine; to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to dīlūcidusclear, bright; distinctperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuouscandidusshining white; clear, bright; fair, beautifulaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break plānuslevel, flat, even; intelligible, clear
The English word luminous itself goes back to Latin lūmen, through lūminōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
luminous
PROP., luminosus; lucidus; illustris; splendens; fulgens.
Figuratively, lucidus (that has or gives sufficient light; also, figuratively, clear; ☞ for which Cic., however, always uses dilucidus): dilucidus, perspicuus, candidus, apertus, planus (figuratively, clear, distinct, intelligible). (The words are found in this connection and order.) apertus (planus) atque dilucidus (opposed to confusus et perturbatus); dilucidus et perspicuus; planus et persplcuus; distinctus (figuratively, well-arranged, perspicuous: all of a speech, narrative, etc.: lucidus, candidus, and distinctus also of the speaker himself).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for luminous?
- The usual Latin words for “luminous” are lūminōsus, lūcidus, illūstris; also splendeō, fulgeō, dīlūcidus. 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.