antelucanus

antĕ-lūcānus, a, um, adj. [lux],

• before light, before day (class.; only in prose): ex antelucano tempore, Cic. Fam. 15, 4: gutta roris antelucani, Vulg. Sap. 11, 23: industria, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: cenae, which continue the whole night until daybreak, id. Cat. 2, 10: lucubratio, Col. 11, 2, 55: spiritus, i. e. ventus, Vitr. 1, 6; so, aurae, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 2.—Hence, subst.: antĕlūcā-num, i, n., the dawn (eccl. Lat.): doctrinam quasi antelucanum illumino omnibus, I make to shine as the dawn, * Vulg. Eccli. 24, 44.

antelūcānus, a, um (ante u. lux), vor Tagesanbruch, bis vor Tagesanbruch (bis zum frühen Morgen) sich hinziehend, tempora, Varr. u. Col.: tempus, Cic.: ambulatio, Cic.: cena, industria, Cic.: horae, Cels.: cantus gallorum, Apul.: flatus, ganz frühe Morgenluft, Sen.: aurae, Plin.: lucubratio (Ggstz. vespertina luc.), Col. u. Plin. – subst. antelūcānum, ī, n., der Tagesanbruch, Sen. ep. 122, 1. – Adv. antelūcānum u. antelūcānō, vor Tagesanbruch, am frühen Morgen, Form -um, Macr. sat. 1, 17, 41: Form -o, Itala Ion. 4, 7 (frgm. Weing. p. 83 R.).

antelucanus , preceding dawn. b (sb. n.) time just before dawn. c (sb. n. pl.) matins. d (sb. f.) lark. erat hora quinta ~a W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 111.  b maluerunt horam mutare medie noctis in ~um, ut sinaxis una cum nocte finem habeat Map NC I 24 p. 37; accidit abbatem in ~o vigilantem, in lecto suo sedere G. S. Alb. I 103; dawnyng of pe day, ~um PP.  c explicitis ~is ad hospicium reversa (Edm.) NLA II 628.  d ~a, a larke WW.

antĕlūcānus, (14) a, um (ante, lux), avant le jour, jusquʼavant le jour, matinal : Cic. Fam. 15, 4 ; Cat. 2, 22 || -lūcānum, ī, n. , lʼaube : Sen. Ep. 122, 1 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 17, 41 ; Eccl.

antelucanus , a, um. adj. (lux.)
未天光之時者。Antelucanum tempus 淸早。

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antelūcānus adj.

• ante + lux, before light, before dawn: tempus: cenae, lasting all night.