fulgere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fulgēre, present active infinitive of fulgeō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful.d͡ʒe.re/, [ˈful̺ʲd͡ʒer̺e]
  • Rhymes: -uldʒere
  • Stress: fùlgere
  • Hyphenation: ful‧ge‧re

Verb

fulgere

  1. (intransitive, poetic) to shine, sparkle, glitter, flash
    Synonyms: rifulgere (literary), risplendere
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXVI, lines 64–66, page 137–138:
      Fulgeami già in fronte la corona ¶ di quella terra che ’l Danubio riga ¶ poi che le ripe tedesche abbandona.
      Already flashed upon my brow the crown of that dominion which the Danube waters after the German borders it abandons.

Conjugation

  • Note: defective verb - no past participle or compound tenses.

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Latin

Verb

fulgēre

  1. present active infinitive of fulgeō
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