illustro

See also: illustrò and il·lustro

Italian

Verb

illustro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of illustrare

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ lūstrō (to purify via sacrifice; to illuminate).

Pronunciation

Verb

illūstrō (present infinitive illūstrāre, perfect active illūstrāvī, supine illūstrātum); first conjugation

  1. to illuminate, brighten, light up
  2. to elucidate, explain, make clear
  3. to make famous, render illustrious

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • illustro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • illustro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
    • to write expositions of philosophy in Latin: philosophiam latinis litteris illustrare (Acad. 1. 1. 3)
    • to depict a thing in lively colours: summo colore aliquid illustrare
  • illustro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016