Latin noun
lūx
lūx, lūcis f.
lūx is a Latin noun. In the 5 analysed lines it was read in, it means “light” (4 times) and “the light” (2 times).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from lūx to the words it goes with.
Fiat lux.
Let there be light.
lux: subject of Fiat.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
lux: subject of occidit.
Et facta est lux.
And there was light.
lux: subject of the passive facta.
Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona: et divisit lucem a tenebris.
And God saw that the light was good: and he divided the light from the darkness.
lucem: object of vidit.
Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning, one day.
lucem: object of Appellavitque.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| lucem | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 3 |
| lux | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 3 |
Words it goes with
Joined to lūx by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.