Dictionary formlumen, luminis(neuter)
Translation
light, lamp; eye
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | lumen | lumina |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | lumen | lumina |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | lumen | lumina |
| Genitiveof | luminis | luminum |
| Dativeto, for | lumini | luminibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | lumine | luminibus |
Examples
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The light of the sun is bright.
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Without a light we see nothing.
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He raised his eyes to heaven.
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The light of the world remains in the darkness.
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By the light of the fire we found the way.
Lumen, luminis is neuter, third declension, from the same root as lux with the stem lumin-. The distinction against lux is worth holding: lux is light itself, daylight, the abstract; lumen is a light, a particular source, a lamp, a torch, the gleam coming through an opening.
Two extensions follow. In verse lumina is a standard word for eyes, the lights of the face, and it is common enough that a poet using it is not being clever. In architecture and later in medicine lumen is the opening itself, which is why a blood vessel has a lumen in English. Church Latin uses it constantly: lumen de lumine in the Creed, lumen Christi at the Easter vigil. English luminous, illuminate and limn all come from it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 12: lumen, porta, amplius and 11 more words.