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

refulgeō

refulgeō (present infinitive refulgēre, perfect active refulsī)
Classical[rɛˈfʊɫ.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[reˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o]

Meaning

  1. to shine or flash back, reflect (a shining light); glitter, glisten
  2. figurativelyto shine out noticeably, stand out

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.refulgeōrefulgēbamrefulgēbōrefulsīrefulseramrefulserō
2nd sg.refulgēsrefulgēbāsrefulgēbisrefulsistīrefulserāsrefulseris
3rd sg.refulgetrefulgēbatrefulgēbitrefulsitrefulseratrefulserit
1st pl.refulgēmusrefulgēbāmusrefulgēbimusrefulsimusrefulserāmusrefulserimus
2nd pl.refulgētisrefulgēbātisrefulgēbitisrefulsistisrefulserātisrefulseritis
3rd pl.refulgentrefulgēbantrefulgēbuntrefulsērunt
refulsēre		refulserantrefulserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.refulgeamrefulgēremrefulserimrefulsissem
2nd sg.refulgeāsrefulgērēsrefulserīsrefulsissēs
3rd sg.refulgeatrefulgēretrefulseritrefulsisset
1st pl.refulgeāmusrefulgērēmusrefulserīmusrefulsissēmus
2nd pl.refulgeātisrefulgērētisrefulserītisrefulsissētis
3rd pl.refulgeantrefulgērentrefulserintrefulsissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.refulgē—
pres. 2nd pl.refulgēte—
fut. 2nd sg.refulgētō—
fut. 3rd sg.refulgētō—
fut. 2nd pl.refulgētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.refulgentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverefulgēre—
perfect infinitiverefulsisse—
present participlerefulgēns
refulgente, refulgentem, refulgentēs, refulgentī, refulgentia, refulgentibus, refulgentis, refulgentīs, refulgentium		—
gerundrefulgendī, refulgendō, refulgendum

rĕ-fulgĕo, si (collat. form refulgit, Lucr. 2, 800 Lachm.), 2, v. n.,
I. to flash back, reflect a shining light; to shine bright, glitter, glisten (mostly poet.).
I. Lit., Lucr. 2, 800: fervidus ille Canis stellarum luce refulget, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: Cynosura, id. ib. 2, 41, 106: nautis Stella, Hor. C. 1, 12, 28: ut sol a liquidā saepe refulget aquā, Ov. A. A. 2, 722: cum caerula nubes Solis inardescit radiis longeque refulget, Verg. A. 8, 623: galea radiis refulget, id. ib. 9, 374: Aeneas clarā in luce refulsit, id. ib. 1, 588; cf. id. ib. 2, 590: Venus roseā cervice, id. ib. 1, 402: corpus versicolori veste, Liv. 7, 10: discolor auri aura per ramos, Verg. A. 6, 204; Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92: armis refulgentibus, Liv. 8, 10.— Poet.: late refulgent Ossibus campi, Sil. 9, 190. —
II. Trop.: splendidaque a docto fama refulget aevo, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 8: Jovis Tutela refulgens, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23: si dolosi spes refulserit nummi, Pers. prol. 12; cf.: tum refulsit certa spes liberorum parentibus, Vell. 2, 103, 4; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 60; Sedul. 2, 227; 4, 153.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrefulgeō

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥géh₁yeti Proto-Italic *folgēō Latin fulgeō Latin refulgeō From re- (“back; again”) + fulgeō (“to shine”).

Descendants
  • Catalanrefulgir
  • Portugueserefulgir
  • Spanishrefulgir

In English words that came into English from refulgeō

  • refulgentrefulgentem
  • refulgencerefulgentia
  • refulgerefulgēre

Quick answers

What does refulgeō mean in Latin?
refulgeō, a verb, means “to shine or flash back, reflect (a shining light); glitter, glisten; to shine out noticeably, stand out”.
What are the principal parts of refulgeō?
refulgeō, refulgēre, refulsī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce refulgeō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈfʊɫ.ɡe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o].
Where does refulgeō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin refulgeō.
Which English words come from refulgeō?
English words that go back to Latin refulgeō include refulgent, refulge and refulgence.