LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

sublūstris

sublūstris (neuter sublūstre)
Classical[sʊbˈɫuːs.trɪs]Ecclesiastical[subˈlus.tris]

Meaning

  1. raretwo terminationgleaming, glimmering

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

parum lūcēns
sublustris -e — in Aeneis, ch. 20

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesublūstrissublūstrissublūstre
genitivesublūstrissublūstrissublūstris
dativesublūstrīsublūstrīsublūstrī
accusativesublūstremsublūstremsublūstre
ablativesublūstrīsublūstrīsublūstrī
vocativesublūstrissublūstrissublūstre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesublūstrēssublūstrēssublūstria
genitivesublūstriumsublūstriumsublūstrium
dativesublūstribussublūstribussublūstribus
accusativesublūstrīs
sublūstrēs		sublūstrīs
sublūstrēs		sublūstria
ablativesublūstribussublūstribussublūstribus
vocativesublūstrēssublūstrēssublūstria

sublustris, e, adj. sub-lux,
I. giving some light, having a faint light, glimmering (not ante-Aug., and very rare).
I. Lit.: nox, Hor. C. 3, 27, 31; Liv. 5, 47: umbra (noctis), Verg. A. 9, 373; Val. Fl. 3, 141.— *
II. Trop.: eloquentiae Latinae lumina, Gell. 13, 24, 12.

Origins

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

Latin sub- Latin lūstris Latin sublūstris From sub- (“below, under, lesser”) + lūstris (“shining”).

Quick answers

What does sublūstris mean in Latin?
sublūstris, a adjective, means “gleaming, glimmering”.
How do you pronounce sublūstris?
In classical Latin, [sʊbˈɫuːs.trɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈlus.tris].
Where does sublūstris come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin sublūstris.