Lucifer
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːsɪfə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈluːsɪˌfər/, [ˈɫʉu̯ːsɪˌfɝ]
- Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːsɪfə(ɹ)
Proper noun
[edit]Lucifer
- (literary) The planet Venus as the daystar (or morning star).
- Synonym: Phosphorus
- Antonyms: Vesper, Hesperus
- (biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
- Satan, the Devil.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan
Derived terms
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Further reading
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lucifer m anim
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Lucifer |
genitive | Lucifera |
dative | Luciferovi, Luciferu |
accusative | Lucifera |
vocative | Lucifere |
locative | Luciferovi, Luciferu |
instrumental | Luciferem |
Further reading
[edit]- “Lucifer”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “Lucifer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Lucifer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lucifer m
- Lucifer (mythological fallen angel)
See also
[edit]French
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lucifer m
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- lūcifer (letter case)
Etymology
[edit]From lūx + -fer, calque of Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.fer/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈluːt͡ʃifer]
Proper noun
[edit]Lūcifer m sg (genitive Lūciferī); second declension
- (astronomy) morning star, daystar, planet Venus
- (biblical) Lucifer
- (Greek mythology) Lucifer, the fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx
- (poetic) day
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lūcifer |
Genitive | Lūciferī |
Dative | Lūciferō |
Accusative | Lūciferum |
Ablative | Lūciferō |
Vocative | Lūcifer |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lucifer”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “Lucifer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Lucifer”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English
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[edit]Lucifer
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Lūcifer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-27.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the inherited doublet from the same source, luceafăr.
Proper noun
[edit]Lucifer m (genitive and dative lui Lucifer)
Serbo-Croatian
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lùcifer m (Cyrillic spelling Лу̀цифер)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “Lucifer” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the doublet lucífero.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /luθiˈfeɾ/ [lu.θiˈfeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /lusiˈfeɾ/ [lu.siˈfeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: Lu‧ci‧fer
Proper noun
[edit]Lucifer
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/uːsɪfə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/uːsɪfə(ɹ)/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
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