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The sun is shining.

Latin translation: sol fulget (fulgit)/sol lucet

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English term or phrase:The sun is shining.
Latin translation:sol fulget (fulgit)/sol lucet
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

07:39 Jul 22, 2009
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Other / Vocab Building
English term or phrase: The sun is shining.
Hi,

I'm never sure what verb to use - fulgo seems to be better suited for lightning etc., but perhaps I'm wrong.

Many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:20
sol fulget/sol lucet
Explanation:
'Fulg(e)o' is indeed often used of lightning and of other flashing visual phaenomena, but it is also used of sunlight, as, e.g., at Catullus, 8.3 and 8, where the plural 'soles' may be rendered 'sunny days'. But 'luceo' is more common.
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Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 15:20
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many thanks excellent
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4 +1sol lucet
Luis Antonio de Larrauri
5sol fulget/sol lucet
Joseph Brazauskas


  

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the sun is shining.
sol lucet


Explanation:
I think "lucere" is the verb that suits better, as in "Virtus in tenebris lucet". See these examples I found on the Internet:

Exercitia sess. prior.
Die sol lucet sed nocte luna et stellae lucent. Diversa nomina lunae sunt: nova, dimidia et plena. Dies primus mensis “kalendae” nominatur, dies quintus ...
usuarios.lycos.es/xerensis/Exercitia06_07.htm - En caché - Similares

[PDF] NOMINA TERTIAE DECLINATIONIS
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
In corde est sanguis, qui per venas ad cor fluit. Color sanguinis est ruber. SOL-IS. IX, 25. Sol in caelo est supra campum, itaque sol lucet in campo. ...
www.culturaclasica.com/.../nomina_tertiae_declinationis.pdf - Similares

Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Local time: 21:20
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Mann: soles occidere et redire possunt! agree, also in church Latin (as in the Requiem Mass: luceat eis)
1 hr
  -> Indeed, thank you!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the sun is shining.
sol fulget/sol lucet


Explanation:
'Fulg(e)o' is indeed often used of lightning and of other flashing visual phaenomena, but it is also used of sunlight, as, e.g., at Catullus, 8.3 and 8, where the plural 'soles' may be rendered 'sunny days'. But 'luceo' is more common.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 15:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
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many thanks excellent
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