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lucifer

light-bringing; the morning star [m.]

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Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Timaeus 2 · 4.74/10k
Apocolocyntosis 1 · 3.69/10k
Oedipus 2 · 3.37/10k
Fasti 10 · 3.21/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lucifer — de Vaan

lucifer 'light-bringing; the morning star [m.]' (Acc.+), lucifugiis 'avoiding the light of day, skulking' (Lucil.+); illustris 'bright, famous' (P1.+), illustrare 'to illuminate' (Lucr.+). luxus Pit *louk- 'light', *loukeje- 'to make shine', *l(o)uke- 'to be light\ PIE *leuk- 'light', *louk-eie- 'to make light', *luk-ehr 'to be light', *le/ouk-s-mn 'light'. IE cognates: Hit lukk-na 'to get light, dawn5 < … — [de Vaan, s.v. lucifer, p. 369]

2. lūcĭfer — Lewis & Short

lūcĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj.lux-fero,

I light-bringing: itaque ut apud Graecos Dianam, eamque Luciferam, sic apud nostros Junonem Lucinam in pariendo invocant, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: pars Lunae, Lucr. 5, 726: equi, the horses of Luna, Ov. H. 11, 46: manus, i. e. of Lucina, id. ib. 20, 192.— Poet., bringing safety, Prud. Psych. 625.— Hence,

II Subst.: Lūcĭfer, fĕri, m.

A The morning-star, the planet Venus: stella Lucifer interdiu, noctu Hesperus ita circumeunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 17: stella Veneris, quae *fwsfo/ros Graece, Latine dicitur Lucifer, cum antegreditur solem, cum subsequitur autem Hesperos, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: si dormire incipis ortu Luciferi, Juv. 8, 12; 13, 158; cf. Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Tib. 1, 10 (9), 62; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 71.—

B The fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx, Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; Ov. M. 11, 271; 346; acc. to others, a son of Jupiter, Serv. Verg. A. 4, 130.—

C Poet. transf., day: memento Venturum paucis me tibi Luciferis, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 12), 28: omnis, Ov. F. 1, 46: tres, id. ib. 3, 877.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. lucifer (scan pp. 369-370; entry #971). Root candidates: *louk-, *loukeje-, *leuk-.

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