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lucubra

lucubra [LL gl.] Cf. lucubrum. 1 a small lamp, cresset. b (by metonymy) nocturnal or diligent study, diligence in study, lucubration. a lugubre [vv. ll. ligubre, ~e, lucrubra; gl.: escorces. cresils. petit lumeres, etc.] sive cruciboli Balsh. Ut. 53 (v. lacunar 3b); qualiter ‥ reguli, tanquam ad ~am avicule, ad vestrum statim imperium convolaverint Gir. TH III 48 p. 190; ad levandum noctis hiemalis ad ~am tedium Id. GE II 37 p. 356; ~a, crescet (Garl. Mor. Scol. gl.) Teaching Latin I 146; ~a, crusil (Garl. Unus gl.) Ib. II 172.  b c1210 ~is et laboribus nostris presentibus placere non possumus Gir. Ep. 2 p. 166; laborem ‥ et ~am ‥ in studio fugere evidens inercie signum est et ignavie magne Id. SD 58. 2 glimmer. CathA (v. lucubrum 2).

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