"lux" meaning in Latin

See lux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /luːks/ [Classical-Latin], [ɫ̪uːks̠] [Classical-Latin], /luks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [luks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *léwks Proto-Italic *louks Latin lux From Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks. Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate) and Old English lēoht (English light (noun)). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|inh|itc-pro>*louks>light|id=light|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *léwks Proto-Italic *louks Latin lux, {{root|la|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*louks}} Proto-Italic *louks, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*léwks}} Proto-Indo-European *léwks, {{cog|grc|λευκός|t=white, blank, light, bright, clear}} Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), {{cog|grc|λύκη|t=light, morning twilight}} Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), {{cog|sa|रोचते}} Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), {{cog|ang|lēoht}} Old English lēoht, {{cog|en|light|pos=noun}} English light (noun) Head templates: {{la-noun|lūx<3>|abl_sg=lūce/lūcī|g=f}} lūx f (genitive lūcis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lūx<3>|abl_sg=lūce/lūcī}} Forms: lūx [canonical, feminine], lūcis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lūx [nominative, singular], lūcēs [nominative, plural], lūcis [genitive, singular], lūcum [genitive, plural], lūcī [dative, singular], lūcibus [dative, plural], lūcem [accusative, singular], lūcēs [accusative, plural], lūce [ablative, singular], lūcī [ablative, singular], lūcibus [ablative, plural], lūx [singular, vocative], lūcēs [plural, vocative]
  1. light (of the sun, stars etc.) Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Light Synonyms: lūmen
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-gSWXOEoB Disambiguation of Light: 28 29 1 1 4 9 4 22 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15
  2. daylight, day, moonlight Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Light Synonyms: aurōra
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-nlCce5vP Disambiguation of Light: 28 29 1 1 4 9 4 22 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15
  3. life Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: vīta
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-Y71wZe8e
  4. (figuratively) public view Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-SPdxYJfn
  5. glory, encouragement Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-iHaktJq6 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15
  6. enlightenment, explanation Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-1cA6mN3Z Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15
  7. splendour Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-WX67PG0i Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 11 2 3 1 1 3 1 35 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 4 11 2 2 11 9 55 6 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 1 1 12 2 68 4 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15
  8. eyesight, the eyes, luminary Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-lux-la-noun-2WGOPlkI Disambiguation of Light: 28 29 1 1 4 9 4 22 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ēlūcus, lūce (english: in the daytime), lūce carentēs (english: the dead), lūcidus, lūcifer, lūcīnus, Lūcīna, lūculentus, prīmā lūce (english: at daybreak) Related terms: luceo, lucere, lūmen
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ēlūcus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in the daytime",
      "word": "lūce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the dead",
      "word": "lūce carentēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lūcidus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lūcifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lūcīnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lūcīna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lūculentus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "at daybreak",
      "word": "prīmā lūce"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "luce",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: luce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: luce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "loic"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: loic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: loic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "luce"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: luce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: luce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "luce"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: luce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: luce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "luci"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: luci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: luci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "łuxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: łuxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: łuxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "luxe",
            "3": "lûxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: luxe, lûxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: luxe, lûxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "lus",
            "3": "lüs"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: lus, lüs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: lus, lüs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "luce",
            "3": "lus"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: luce, lus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: luce, lus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "luš",
            "3": "luș"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: luš, luș",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: luš, luș"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lûs"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: lûs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: lûs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "glisch",
            "3": "glüsch",
            "4": "gleisch"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: glisch, glüsch, gleisch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: glisch, glüsch, gleisch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "luts"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: luts",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: luts"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "lutz"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: lutz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: lutz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "luz"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: luz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: luz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "lluz"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: lluz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: lluz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "lus"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: lus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: lus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "luç"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: luç",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: luç"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "luz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: luz\nGalician: luz\nPortuguese: luz",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: luz\nGalician: luz\nPortuguese: luz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "luz"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: luz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: luz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "luche",
            "3": "lughe",
            "4": "luxi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: luche, lughe, luxi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: luche, lughe, luxi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "unit of illuminance"
          },
          "expansion": "(unit of illuminance)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Borrowings (unit of illuminance):"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "luksi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: luksi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: luksi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λουξ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: λουξ (loux)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: λουξ (loux)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "luks",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: luks",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: luks"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: lux"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*louks>light",
        "id": "light",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *léwks\nProto-Italic *louks\nLatin lux",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*louks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *louks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*léwks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *léwks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λευκός",
        "t": "white, blank, light, bright, clear"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λύκη",
        "t": "light, morning twilight"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "रोचते"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit रोचते (rocate)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lēoht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lēoht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "light",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "English light (noun)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *léwks\nProto-Italic *louks\nLatin lux\nFrom Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks. Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate) and Old English lēoht (English light (noun)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lūx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūx<3>",
        "abl_sg": "lūce/lūcī",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "lūx f (genitive lūcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūx<3>",
        "abl_sg": "lūce/lūcī"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "luceo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lucere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lūmen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 29 1 1 4 9 4 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "la:Light",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And God said: Let there be light. And there was light.",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.3",
          "text": "dīxitque Deus fīat lūx et facta est lūx"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "light (of the sun, stars etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-gSWXOEoB",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lūmen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 29 1 1 4 9 4 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "la:Light",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "at daybreak",
          "text": "prīmā lūce",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at dawn",
          "text": "ad lūcem",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If ever some young man spoke to this [nymph] the words of love, immediately she replied with statements such as: “These places have too much of daylight and, with the light, [too much] of shame; if you lead to more secluded caves, I [will] follow [you].”\n(A clever ruse used by Cardea; along the journey to the cave, she would then hide from her unsuspecting suitor.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.113–116",
          "roman": "sī sēcrēta magis dūcis in antra, sequor.’",
          "text": "huic aliquis iuvenum dīxisset amantia verba,\nreddēbat tālēs prōtinus illa sonōs:\n‘haec loca lūcīs habent nimis et cum lūce pudōris;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "daylight, day, moonlight"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-nlCce5vP",
      "links": [
        [
          "daylight",
          "daylight"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
        [
          "moonlight",
          "moonlight"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aurōra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-Y71wZe8e",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vīta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "public view"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-SPdxYJfn",
      "links": [
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) public view"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "glory, encouragement"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-iHaktJq6",
      "links": [
        [
          "glory",
          "glory"
        ],
        [
          "encouragement",
          "encouragement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "enlightenment, explanation"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-1cA6mN3Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "enlightenment",
          "enlightenment"
        ],
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 11 2 3 1 1 3 1 35 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 2 2 11 9 55 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 11 1 1 12 2 68 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "splendour"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-WX67PG0i",
      "links": [
        [
          "splendour",
          "splendour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 16 9 9 17 12 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 29 1 1 4 9 4 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "la:Light",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eyesight, the eyes, luminary"
      ],
      "id": "en-lux-la-noun-2WGOPlkI",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ],
        [
          "eyes",
          "eyes"
        ],
        [
          "luminary",
          "luminary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫ̪uːks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[luks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lux"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with etymology trees",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Light"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ēlūcus"
    },
    {
      "english": "in the daytime",
      "word": "lūce"
    },
    {
      "english": "the dead",
      "word": "lūce carentēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūcidus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūcifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūcīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lūcīna"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūculentus"
    },
    {
      "english": "at daybreak",
      "word": "prīmā lūce"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "luce",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: luce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: luce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "loic"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: loic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: loic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "luce"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: luce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: luce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "luce"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: luce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: luce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "luci"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: luci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: luci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "łuxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: łuxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: łuxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "luxe",
            "3": "lûxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: luxe, lûxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: luxe, lûxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "lus",
            "3": "lüs"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: lus, lüs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: lus, lüs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "luce",
            "3": "lus"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: luce, lus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: luce, lus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "luš",
            "3": "luș"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: luš, luș",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: luš, luș"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lûs"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: lûs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: lûs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "glisch",
            "3": "glüsch",
            "4": "gleisch"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: glisch, glüsch, gleisch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: glisch, glüsch, gleisch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "luts"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: luts",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: luts"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "lutz"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: lutz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: lutz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "luz"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: luz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: luz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "lluz"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: lluz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: lluz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "lus"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: lus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: lus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "luç"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: luç",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: luç"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "luz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: luz\nGalician: luz\nPortuguese: luz",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: luz\nGalician: luz\nPortuguese: luz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "luz"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: luz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: luz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "luche",
            "3": "lughe",
            "4": "luxi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: luche, lughe, luxi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: luche, lughe, luxi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "unit of illuminance"
          },
          "expansion": "(unit of illuminance)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Borrowings (unit of illuminance):"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "luksi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: luksi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: luksi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λουξ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: λουξ (loux)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: λουξ (loux)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "luks",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: luks",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: luks"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: lux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "lux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: lux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: lux"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*louks>light",
        "id": "light",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *léwks\nProto-Italic *louks\nLatin lux",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*louks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *louks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*léwks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *léwks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λευκός",
        "t": "white, blank, light, bright, clear"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λύκη",
        "t": "light, morning twilight"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "रोचते"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit रोचते (rocate)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lēoht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lēoht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "light",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "English light (noun)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *léwks\nProto-Italic *louks\nLatin lux\nFrom Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks. Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate) and Old English lēoht (English light (noun)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lūx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūx<3>",
        "abl_sg": "lūce/lūcī",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "lūx f (genitive lūcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūx<3>",
        "abl_sg": "lūce/lūcī"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "luceo"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucere"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūmen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And God said: Let there be light. And there was light.",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.3",
          "text": "dīxitque Deus fīat lūx et facta est lūx"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "light (of the sun, stars etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lūmen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "at daybreak",
          "text": "prīmā lūce",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at dawn",
          "text": "ad lūcem",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If ever some young man spoke to this [nymph] the words of love, immediately she replied with statements such as: “These places have too much of daylight and, with the light, [too much] of shame; if you lead to more secluded caves, I [will] follow [you].”\n(A clever ruse used by Cardea; along the journey to the cave, she would then hide from her unsuspecting suitor.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.113–116",
          "roman": "sī sēcrēta magis dūcis in antra, sequor.’",
          "text": "huic aliquis iuvenum dīxisset amantia verba,\nreddēbat tālēs prōtinus illa sonōs:\n‘haec loca lūcīs habent nimis et cum lūce pudōris;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "daylight, day, moonlight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daylight",
          "daylight"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
        [
          "moonlight",
          "moonlight"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aurōra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vīta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "public view"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) public view"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "glory, encouragement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glory",
          "glory"
        ],
        [
          "encouragement",
          "encouragement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "enlightenment, explanation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enlightenment",
          "enlightenment"
        ],
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "splendour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "splendour",
          "splendour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eyesight, the eyes, luminary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ],
        [
          "eyes",
          "eyes"
        ],
        [
          "luminary",
          "luminary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫ̪uːks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[luks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lux"
}

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