Meaning of lūx | Babel Free

Definitions

1. light (of the sun, stars etc.)
   declension-3
2. daylight, day, moonlight
   declension-3
3. life
   declension-3
4. public view
   declension-3, figuratively
5. glory, encouragement
   declension-3
6. enlightenment, explanation
   declension-3
7. splendour
   declension-3
8. eyesight, the eyes, luminary
   declension-3

Equivalents

Examples

“dīxitque Deus fīat lūx et facta est lūx”

And God said: Let there be light. And there was light.

“prīmā lūce”

at daybreak

“ad lūcem”

at dawn

“huic aliquis iuvenum dīxisset amantia verba, reddēbat tālēs prōtinus illa sonōs: ‘haec loca lūcis habent nimis et cum lūce pudōris;”

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].” (A clever ruse used by Cardea; along the journey to the cave, she would then hide from her unsuspecting suitor.)

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