lustro
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlustro/
- Hyphenation: lus‧tro
- Rhymes: -ustro
Italian
Etymology 1
From lustrare.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlus.troː/, [ˈɫʊs.troː]
Etymology 1
From lustrum (“a purificatory sacrifice”).
Verb
lustrō (present infinitive lustrāre, perfect active lustrāvī, supine lustrātum); first conjugation
- I purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice.
- I circle, move in a circle around. (because the priest offering such a sacrifice did so)
- (military) I review, examine.
- (figuratively) (sun, moon etc.) I illuminate, make bright.
Inflection
Etymology 2
From lustrum (“a brothel, whorehouse”).
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lustrō | lustrōnēs |
Genitive | lustrōnis | lustrōnum |
Dative | lustrōnī | lustrōnibus |
Accusative | lustrōnem | lustrōnēs |
Ablative | lustrōne | lustrōnibus |
Vocative | lustrō | lustrōnēs |
References
- lustro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lustro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lustro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to scrutinise, examine closely: perlustrare, lustrare oculis aliquid
- to review an army: recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
- to scrutinise, examine closely: perlustrare, lustrare oculis aliquid
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.strɔ/
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Declension
Synonyms
- (mirror): zwierciadło
Derived terms
- (verb) lustrzyć
- (noun) lustrzanka
- (adjective) lustrzany
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlustɾo/, [ˈlust̪ɾo]
Etymology 1
From Latin lustrum, denoting a lavatory sacrifice after a quinquennial census, possibly cognate to luō (“I wash, cleanse”).
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Further reading
- “lustro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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