fulgeo

Latin

From Proto-Italic *folgēō (earlier *folgējō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-eh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”), whence also flagrō.

fulgeō (present infinitive fulgēre, perfect active fulsī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine
Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, resplendeō, micō
- c. 30 BCE, Horace, Epodes 15.1–2:
  nox erat et caelō fulgēbat lūna serēnō
  inter minōra sīdera
  It was night, and the moon was shining in a clear sky
  among the lesser stars
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.76:
  ubi est hodiē quae Lyra fulsit heri?
  Where is today [the constellation] Lyra which glittered yesterday?
(figuratively) to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to some achievement) [with ablative]
Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, liqueō, splendeō, ēniteō

Conjugation of fulgeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fulgeō	fulgēs	fulget	fulgēmus	fulgētis	fulgent
	imperfect	fulgēbam	fulgēbās	fulgēbat	fulgēbāmus	fulgēbātis	fulgēbant
	future	fulgēbō	fulgēbis	fulgēbit	fulgēbimus	fulgēbitis	fulgēbunt
	perfect	fulsī	fulsistī	fulsit	fulsimus	fulsistis	fulsērunt, fulsēre
	pluperfect	fulseram	fulserās	fulserat	fulserāmus	fulserātis	fulserant
	future perfect	fulserō	fulseris	fulserit	fulserimus	fulseritis	fulserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fulgeam	fulgeās	fulgeat	fulgeāmus	fulgeātis	fulgeant
	imperfect	fulgērem	fulgērēs	fulgēret	fulgērēmus	fulgērētis	fulgērent
	perfect	fulserim	fulserīs	fulserit	fulserīmus	fulserītis	fulserint
	pluperfect	fulsissem	fulsissēs	fulsisset	fulsissēmus	fulsissētis	fulsissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fulgē	—	—	fulgēte	—
active	future	—	fulgētō	fulgētō	—	fulgētōte	fulgentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fulgēre	fulsisse	—	—	—	—
participles		fulgēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fulgendī	fulgendō	fulgendum	fulgendō	—	—

“fulgeo” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present