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

relūceō

relūceō (present infinitive relūcēre, perfect active relūxī)
Classical[rɛˈɫuː.ke.oː]Ecclesiastical[reˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]

Meaning

  1. to shine (back), give out light, blaze, glow

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.relūceōrelūcēbamrelūcēbōrelūxīrelūxeramrelūxerō
2nd sg.relūcēsrelūcēbāsrelūcēbisrelūxistīrelūxerāsrelūxeris
3rd sg.relūcetrelūcēbatrelūcēbitrelūxitrelūxeratrelūxerit
1st pl.relūcēmusrelūcēbāmusrelūcēbimusrelūximusrelūxerāmusrelūxerimus
2nd pl.relūcētisrelūcēbātisrelūcēbitisrelūxistisrelūxerātisrelūxeritis
3rd pl.relūcentrelūcēbantrelūcēbuntrelūxērunt
relūxēre
relūxerantrelūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.relūceamrelūcēremrelūxerimrelūxissem
2nd sg.relūceāsrelūcērēsrelūxerīsrelūxissēs
3rd sg.relūceatrelūcēretrelūxeritrelūxisset
1st pl.relūceāmusrelūcērēmusrelūxerīmusrelūxissēmus
2nd pl.relūceātisrelūcērētisrelūxerītisrelūxissētis
3rd pl.relūceantrelūcērentrelūxerintrelūxissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.relūcē—
pres. 2nd pl.relūcēte—
fut. 2nd sg.relūcētō—
fut. 3rd sg.relūcētō—
fut. 2nd pl.relūcētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.relūcentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverelūcēre—
perfect infinitiverelūxisse—
present participlerelūcēns—
gerundrelūcendī, relūcendō, relūcendum

rĕ-lūcĕo, xi, 2, v. n.,
I. to shine back, shine out; to blaze, shine, glow, give light (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stella relucet, * Cic. Arat. Fragm. N. D. 2, 42, 107: flamma reluxit, Verg. G. 4, 385; cf.: relucens flamma, Liv. 22, 17; 30, 6: olli ingens barba reluxit, Verg. A. 12, 300; cf.: vestis fulgore reluxit Sacra domus, Ov. M. 11, 617: Sigea igni freta lata relucent, Verg. A. 2, 312: piscis lucerna tranquillis noctibus relucet, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82: focus reluxit vivo torre, Val. Fl. 3, 115: e Vesuvio flammae relucebant, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13; 8, 8, 2: pro favillā relucenti, Gell. 17, 10, 18.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrelūceō

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *lukéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō? Latin lūceō Latin relūceō From re- + lūceō (“to shine”).

Descendants
  • Catalanrelluir
  • Frenchreluire
  • Portuguesereluzirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese reluzir
  • Italianrilucere
  • Spanishrelucir
  • Galicianrelucirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese reluzir
  • Normanrelîser

Quick answers

What does relūceō mean in Latin?
relūceō, a verb, means “to shine (back), give out light, blaze, glow”.
What are the principal parts of relūceō?
relūceō, relūcēre, relūxī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce relūceō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈɫuː.ke.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈluː.t͡ʃe.o].
Where does relūceō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin relūceō.