antelucanus

== Latin == === Etymology === From ante (“before”) +‎ lūx (“light”) +‎ -ānus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛ.ɫuːˈkaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.te.luˈkaː.nus] === Adjective === antelūcānus (feminine antelūcāna, neuter antelūcānum); first/second-declension adjective before daylight or the dawn ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “antelucanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “antelucanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “antelucanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.