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luculentus

luculentus

excellent, splendid

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. luculentus — de Vaan

luculentus 'excellent, splendid' (PL+), luculentitas 'splendour5 (Caecil.+), luculentaster [m.] 'a kind of confection5 (Titin.); lumen, -inis [n.] 'light, daylight' (Naev.+), luminare [n.] 'lamp' (Cato); lucerna 'oil-lamp' (P1.+); Lucius praenomen (Sis.+); allucere 'to light; be lit' (P1.+), dilucere 'to be clear5 (Varrcrt-), dilucescere 'to dawn' (Lucr.+), dilucidus 'clear, lucid' (Ter.+), diluculum 'daybreak' … — [de Vaan, s.v. luculentus, p. 369]

2. lūcŭlentus — Lewis & Short

lūcŭlentus, a, um, adj.lux,

I full of light, bright, splendid.
I Lit.: vestibulum et ambulacrum, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 132: camino luculento uti, i. e. brightly burning, having a good fire in it, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2.—
II Trop.
A Distinguished, excellent of its kind: luculenta et festiva femina, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 2: facinus, id. Men. 1, 2, 32: forma, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 12: legio luculentissima, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3: verba luculentiora, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1: scriptor, id. ib. 7, 17, 2: oratio, perspicuous, fine, Sall. C. 31: plaga, great, serious, Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17: navigia, id. Att. 16, 4, 4.—
B Respectable, considerable, rich: divitiae, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 33: familia, id. Cist. 2, 3, 17: magna et luculenta hereditas, id. Truc. 2, 3, 24: condicio, id. Mil. 4, 1, 6: lucrum homines luculentos reddidit, id. Capt. 2, 7, 76: patrimonium, Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 19.—
C Clear, satisfactorily proved: est luculenta res Aureliani indiciis, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 4.—
D Lucky, fortunate: dies, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 5.—
E Trustworthy: auctores, Cic. Att. 10, 14, 2: homo, id. ib. 2, 12, 4: scriptor, id. Brut. 26, 102: constantia, Just. Inst. prooem. 2.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lūcŭlentē and lūcŭlenter, splendidly, excellently, well.
1 Form lūcŭlentē: eamus intro huc ad te, et hunc hodie diem luculente habeamus, in jollity, merrily, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 55: vendere, to advantage, id. Merc. 2, 3, 88: luculente scripserunt, Cic. Brut. 19, 76; so id. Off. 3, 28, 102; id. Att. 14, 21, 1: calefacere aliquem, to give one a thorough warming, i. e. beating, id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.—
2 Form lūcŭ-lenter: hoc quidem sane luculenter, very well said, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60 (al. luculente): Graece luculenter scire, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: opus texere, id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1.

3. lüculentus — Walde–Hofmann

lüculentus, -«, -um „glänzend, stattlich, ansehnlich (der Gestalt und dem Inhalt nach)“ (seit Plaut., ebenso Adv. -& [-er vereinzelt seit Cic. nach opulenter|; lüculentitäs (vgl. opulentitäs) seit Caecil. [Ineulentäs Mart. Cap.], lüculentia seit Arnob. [nach opulentia]: von lix (Paul. Fest. 120, Vaniéek 242), gebildet wie opulentus von ops (Leumann-Stolz5 229); Gbd. also „lichtvoll“, daraus „glänzend, prächtig“ usw. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lüculentus, p. 859]

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. luculentus (scan p. 369; entry #970).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lüculentus (scan pp. 859-860; entry #1600).

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