luminare

Aromanian

Noun

luminare f

1. alternative form of luminari

Italian

FWOTD – 30 May 2018

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.miˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin lūmināre (“star” ← “light” ← “opening that lets light in”).

Noun

luminare m (plural luminari)

1. (archaic) a shining heavenly body (especially said of the Sun and the Moon)
   • 1754, Niccolò Maria Bona, “Panegirico in onore de' SS. Cosma, e Damiano [Panegyric in honor of St. Cosmas and Damian]”, in Panegirici ed orazioni [Panegyrics and Prayers]‎^[1], Venice: Giovanni Tevernin, page 89:

     maraviglia non è, ſe fino da' primieri lor anni […] ſì ſplendidamente eſſi folgoreggiaſſero, come i due luminari del Cielo

     it's no wonder that, ever since their early years, they were so magnificently blazing like the two lights of the sky [the Sun and the Moon]

2. (figurative) one who has achieved success in their field; leading light, luminary
3. (archaeology) a vertical opening in a catacomb meant to let light and air inside
4. (archaic, rare) illumination, luminary

   Synonyms: illuminazione, lume, luminaria

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin lūmināre (“to illuminate, brighten”).

Verb

luminàre (first-person singular present lùmino, first-person singular past historic luminài, past participle luminàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (archaic, transitive) to illuminate, lighten, light up

   Synonym: illuminare

   Antonyms: abbuiare, offuscare, oscurare

   • c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, Teseida, G. Laterza & Figli, published 1941, page 121:

     «O chiaro Febo, per cui luminato ¶ è tutto il mondo […] »

     "O bright Phoebus, by whom the whole world is lightened […] "

2. (literary, rare, intransitive) to shine, glow [auxiliary avere]

   Synonym: risplendere

   • 1902, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Novelle della Pescara‎^[2], published 2016, page 285:

     Una specie di mollezza esotica pareva spargersi nel tramonto. Sorgevano, nella fantasia popolare, le rive favoleggiate e luminavano.

     A sort of exotic softness seemed to be spreading in the sunset. In the popular imagination, the fantasized-upon coasts were rising and shining.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of luminàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	luminàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		luminàndo
present participle		luminànte	past participle		luminàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	lùmino	lùmini	lùmina	luminiàmo	luminàte	lùminano
imperfect	luminàvo	luminàvi	luminàva	luminavàmo	luminavàte	luminàvano
past historic	luminài	luminàsti	luminò	luminàmmo	luminàste	luminàrono
future	luminerò	luminerài	luminerà	luminerémo	lumineréte	luminerànno
conditional	luminerèi	luminerésti	luminerèbbe, luminerébbe	luminerémmo	lumineréste	luminerèbbero, luminerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	lùmini	lùmini	lùmini	luminiàmo	luminiàte	lùminino
imperfect	luminàssi	luminàssi	luminàsse	luminàssimo	luminàste	luminàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		lùmina	lùmini	luminiàmo	luminàte	lùminino
negative imperative		non luminàre	non lùmini	non luminiàmo	non luminàte	non lùminino

Anagrams

• mulinare, mulinerà, numerali

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫuː.mɪˈnaː.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lu.miˈnaː.re]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-s-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥

Proto-Italic *louksmən

Latin lūmen

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin lūmināre

From lūmen (“light”) + -āris.

Noun

lūmināre n (genitive lūmināris); third declension

1. (literally) That which gives light; enlightener
2. a window-shutter, window (that lets light in)
3. (Late Latin, in the plural) light, lamp (such as those lighted in churches in honor of martyrs)
4. (Late Latin, in the plural) A luminary; especially a heavenly body.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	lūmināre	lūmināria
genitive	lūmināris	lūminārium
dative	lūminārī	lūmināribus
accusative	lūmināre	lūmināria
ablative	lūminārī	lūmināribus
vocative	lūmināre	lūmināria

Related terms

• lūmen
• lūminō
• lūminōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: luminari, lunjinari
• Catalan: llumener, llumenera
• French: lumière
• Galician: lumieira
• Italian: luminare
• Occitan: lumniera
• Portuguese: lumieira, lumeeira
• Romanian: lumânare
• Romansh: glimera, glümera
• Spanish: lumbrera
• → English: luminaria
• → French: luminaire
• → Italian: luminaria
• → Occitan: lumenaria
• → Old French: luminarie
  • → English: luminary
• → Portuguese: luminária
• → Spanish: luminar, luminaria

References

• “luminare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luminare”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lūmināre

1. inflection of lūminō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From lumina + -re.

Noun

luminare f (plural luminări)

1. act of lighting, illuminating, shining