illustris

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inlūstris === Etymology === Back-formation from illūstrō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪlˈluːs.trɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ilˈlus.tris] === Adjective === illūstris (neuter illūstre, comparative illūstrior, superlative illūstrissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous clear, lucid illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominent highborn, noble (of rank) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: illustre → German: erlaucht (calque) Italian: illustre Piedmontese: ilustr Portuguese: ilustre Romanian: ilustru Spanish: ilustre === References === “illustris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “illustris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. illustris in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016