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|lshtext=<b>lŭcerna</b>: ae, f. luc-erna, from [[luceo]], q. v.; [[with]] [[double]] suffix [[like]] [[caverna]], laverna, [[lanterna]], etc.; cf. Gr. κέ-αρνον, [[σκέπαρνον]] | |lshtext=<b>lŭcerna</b>: ae, f. luc-erna, from [[luceo]], q. v.; [[with]] [[double]] suffix [[like]] [[caverna]], laverna, [[lanterna]], etc.; cf. Gr. κέ-αρνον, [[σκέπαρνον]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[lamp]], [[oil]]-[[lamp]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[lucerna]] dicta a [[luce]], aut [[quod]] id vocant [[Graeci]] [[λύχνον]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.: lucernam [[forte]] [[oblitus]] fueram extinguere, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 56: in [[sole]] lucernam adhibere [[nihil]] [[interest]], Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: [[lucerna]] me deserit, my [[light]] goes [[out]], id. Att. 7, 7, 7: vino et lucernis [[Medus]] [[acinaces]] Immane [[quantum]] discrepat, i. e. [[evening]] entertainments, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: accedit [[numerus]] lucernis, the lights [[begin]] to [[seem]] [[double]], id. S. 2, 1, 25; cf.: cum geminis exsurgit [[mensa]] lucernis, Juv. 6, 305: pereundum est [[ante]] lucernas, [[before]] [[candle]]-[[light]], id. 10, 339: lucernam accendere, Phaedr. 3, 19, 4: [[turpis]] [[fumo]] lucernae, Juv. 6, 131: [[lucerna]] [[ardens]] exstinguitur, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: fungi lucernarum, id. 28, 11, 46, § 163: pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae, Pers. 5, 181: [[lucerna]] splendens [[super]] [[candelabrum]], Vulg. Sir. 26, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Nocturnal [[labor]], lucubration ([[poet]].): haec ego non credam Venusina digna Lucerna? Juv. 1, 51.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[guide]], [[instructor]]: [[quia]] [[mandatum]] [[lucerna]] est, Vulg. Prov. 6, 23; id. 2 Sam. 2, 29: [[lucerna]] pedibus meis [[verbum]] tuum, id. Psa. 118, 105.—<br /> <b>C</b> A [[phosphorescent]] [[fish]], Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lŭcerna: ae, f. luc-erna, from luceo, q. v.; with double suffix like caverna, laverna, lanterna, etc.; cf. Gr. κέ-αρνον, σκέπαρνον,
I a lamp, oil-lamp.
I Lit.: lucerna dicta a luce, aut quod id vocant Graeci λύχνον, Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.: lucernam forte oblitus fueram extinguere, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 56: in sole lucernam adhibere nihil interest, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: lucerna me deserit, my light goes out, id. Att. 7, 7, 7: vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat, i. e. evening entertainments, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: accedit numerus lucernis, the lights begin to seem double, id. S. 2, 1, 25; cf.: cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, Juv. 6, 305: pereundum est ante lucernas, before candle-light, id. 10, 339: lucernam accendere, Phaedr. 3, 19, 4: turpis fumo lucernae, Juv. 6, 131: lucerna ardens exstinguitur, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: fungi lucernarum, id. 28, 11, 46, § 163: pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae, Pers. 5, 181: lucerna splendens super candelabrum, Vulg. Sir. 26, 22.—
II Transf.
A Nocturnal labor, lucubration (poet.): haec ego non credam Venusina digna Lucerna? Juv. 1, 51.—
B A guide, instructor: quia mandatum lucerna est, Vulg. Prov. 6, 23; id. 2 Sam. 2, 29: lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum, id. Psa. 118, 105.—
C A phosphorescent fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.
