luxとは

語源 1

Borrowed from Latin lūx (“light”).; from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian ������‎ (rōz, “day”) and 古期英語 lēoht (noun) (English light).

The archaic form in Latin is leuks, and later louks.

名詞

lux (複数形 lux または luxes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx

語源 2

Compare French luxer. See luxate.

動詞

lux (三人称単数 現在形 luxes, 現在分詞 luxing, 過去形および過去分詞形 luxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To put out of joint; to luxate.

参考

• luxed up

アナグラム

• XUL

Latin

語源

From Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate) and 古期英語 lēoht (English light (noun)).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luːks/, [ɫuːks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luks/

名詞

lūx f (genitive lūcis); third declension

1. light (of the sun, stars etc.)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.3:

     dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux

     And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

2. daylight, day, moonlight
3. life
4. (figuratively) public view
5. glory, encouragement
6. enlightenment, explanation
7. splendour
8. eyesight, the eyes, luminary

Inflection

Third declension.

派生語

• ēlūcus.
• lūce
• lūcidus
• lūcifer
• lūculentus
• lūmen

関連する語

• luceo, lucere

派生した語

参考

• lūce (“in the daytime”)
• prīmā lūce (“at daybreak”)
• lūce carentēs (“the dead”)

参照

• lux in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lux in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lux in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • before daybreak: ante lucem
    
  • the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est
    
  • to see the light, come into the world: in lucem edi
    
  • those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
    
  • to sleep on into the morning: in lucem dormire
    
  • to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) at daybreak: prima luce
    
  • (ambiguous) in full daylight: luce (luci)
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
    
  • (ambiguous) to shun publicity: forensi luce carere
    
  • (ambiguous) this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius
    

Usage note

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: Foreign countries and regions", Table T10.3, p. 438-443.