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

sublūceō

sublūceō (present infinitive sublūcēre, perfect active sublūxī)
Classical[sʊbˈɫuː.ke.oː]Ecclesiastical[subˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]

Meaning

  1. to shine or gleam faintly, glimmer, glitter

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sublūceōsublūcēbamsublūcēbōsublūxīsublūxeramsublūxerō
2nd sg.sublūcēssublūcēbāssublūcēbissublūxistīsublūxerāssublūxeris
3rd sg.sublūcetsublūcēbatsublūcēbitsublūxitsublūxeratsublūxerit
1st pl.sublūcēmussublūcēbāmussublūcēbimussublūximussublūxerāmussublūxerimus
2nd pl.sublūcētissublūcēbātissublūcēbitissublūxistissublūxerātissublūxeritis
3rd pl.sublūcentsublūcēbantsublūcēbuntsublūxērunt
sublūxēre
sublūxerantsublūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sublūceamsublūcēremsublūxerimsublūxissem
2nd sg.sublūceāssublūcērēssublūxerīssublūxissēs
3rd sg.sublūceatsublūcēretsublūxeritsublūxisset
1st pl.sublūceāmussublūcērēmussublūxerīmussublūxissēmus
2nd pl.sublūceātissublūcērētissublūxerītissublūxissētis
3rd pl.sublūceantsublūcērentsublūxerintsublūxissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sublūcē—
pres. 2nd pl.sublūcēte—
fut. 2nd sg.sublūcētō—
fut. 3rd sg.sublūcētō—
fut. 2nd pl.sublūcētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.sublūcentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesublūcēre—
perfect infinitivesublūxisse—
present participlesublūcēns—
gerundsublūcendī, sublūcendō, sublūcendum

sub-lūcĕo, ēre, v. n.,
I. to shine a little, to gleam faintly, to glimmer (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): aries sublucet corpore totus, Cic. Arat. 289: crepuscula sublucent, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 5: si fragmenta (picis), subluceant, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127: (liquor) nigrantis rosae colore sublucens, id. 9, 36, 60, § 126: violae sublucet purpura nigrae, Verg. G. 4, 275; cf.: candida nec mixto sublucent ora rubore, Ov. H. 21, 217.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsublūceō

Latin sub- 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 sublūceō From sub- + lūceō (“shine”).

Quick answers

What does sublūceō mean in Latin?
sublūceō, a verb, means “to shine or gleam faintly, glimmer, glitter”.
What are the principal parts of sublūceō?
sublūceō, sublūcēre, sublūxī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce sublūceō?
In classical Latin, [sʊbˈɫuː.ke.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈluː.t͡ʃe.o].
Where does sublūceō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin sublūceō.