luceo

Latin

From Proto-Italic *loukēō, from the root of lūx (“light”)[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-eyo-, a verb that is derived from *lewk-[2].

lūceō (present infinitive lūcēre, perfect active luxī); second conjugation, no passive

I shine
Requiem aeternam dona eis, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Give them eternal rest, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
(of the day) I dawn, become light
I show through; I become visible
I am conspicuous, apparent, evident

Conjugation of luceo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūceō	lūcēs	lūcet	lūcēmus	lūcētis	lūcent
	imperfect	lūcēbam	lūcēbās	lūcēbat	lūcēbāmus	lūcēbātis	lūcēbant
	future	lūcēbō	lūcēbis	lūcēbit	lūcēbimus	lūcēbitis	lūcēbunt
	perfect	luxī	luxistī	luxit	luximus	luxistis	luxērunt, luxēre
	pluperfect	luxeram	luxerās	luxerat	luxerāmus	luxerātis	luxerant
	future perfect	luxerō	luxeris	luxerit	luxerimus	luxeritis	luxerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūceam	lūceās	lūceat	lūceāmus	lūceātis	lūceant
	imperfect	lūcērem	lūcērēs	lūcēret	lūcērēmus	lūcērētis	lūcērent
	perfect	luxerim	luxerīs	luxerit	luxerimus	luxeritis	luxerint
	pluperfect	luxissem	luxissēs	luxisset	luxissēmus	luxissētis	luxissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lūcē	—	—	lūcēte	—
active	future	—	lūcētō	lūcētō	—	lūcētōte	lūcentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lūcēre	luxisse	—	—	—	—
participles		lūcēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		lūcēre	lūcendī	lūcendō	lūcendum	—	—

luceo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
luceo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
luceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- when it was day: ubi illuxit, luxit, diluxit
- it is daylight: lucet
- (ambiguous) at daybreak: prima luce
- (ambiguous) in full daylight: luce (luci)
- (ambiguous) to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
- (ambiguous) to shun publicity: forensi luce carere
- (ambiguous) this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius

“lucere” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
Edward A. Roberts, Bárbara Pastor, Diccionario etimológico indoeuropeo de la lengua española, Alianza Editorial 2009, →ISBN

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