diluculo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diluculo:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
at dawn/daybreak/first light; early;
- Entry →diluculo, diluculare, diluculavi, diluculatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Impersonal
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
it dawns, it becomes/grows light;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →diluculum, diluculi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dawn, daybreak, first light; break of day;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quidem hercle re; de aliis nescio. ALC. Primulo diluculo abiisti ad legiones. AMPH. Quo modo? SOS. Recte dicit..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...cunctis reclamantibus rem distulit ac nocte interposita primo diluculo sordidatus descendit ad rostra multisque cum lacrimis eadem illa..."
