Esperanto

lustro

Noun

lustro ‎(accusative singular lustron, plural lustroj, accusative plural lustrojn)

1. chandelier

Italian

Etymology 1

From lustrare.

Verb

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrare

Adjective

lustro m ‎(feminine singular lustra, masculine plural lustri, feminine plural lustre)

1. shiny
2. glossy

Noun

lustro m ‎(plural lustri)

1. shine, gloss
2. prestige

Etymology 2

From Latin lustrūm.

Noun

lustro m ‎(plural lustri)

1. five-year period; lustrum

Synonyms

• (five-year period): quinquennio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.troː/

Etymology 1

From lustrum ‎(“a purificatory sacrifice”).

Verb

lustrō ‎(present infinitive lustrāre, perfect active lustrāvī, supine lustrātum); first conjugation

1. I purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice.
2. I circle, move in a circle around. (because the priest offering such a sacrifice did so)
3. (military) I review, examine.
4. (figuratively) I illuminate, make bright.

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

• English: lustre
• French: lustrer
• Italian: lustrare
• Spanish: lustrar

Etymology 2

From lustrum ‎(“a brothel, whorehouse”).

Noun

lustrō m ‎(genitive lustrōnis); third declension

1. a vagabond, wanderer

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• lustro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lustro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lustro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to scrutinise, examine closely: perlustrare, lustrare oculis aliquid
    
  • to review an army: recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
    

Polish

Etymology

From Italian lustro ‎(“shine, gloss”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlustrɔ/

Noun

lustro n ‎(diminutive lusterko)

1. mirror

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) lustrzyć
• (noun) lustrzanka
• (adjective) lustrzany

Synonyms

• (mirror): zwierciadło

Portuguese

Verb

lustro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of lustrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlus.tɾo/

Etymology 1

From Latin lustrum, denoting a lavatory sacrifice after a quinquennial census, possibly cognate to luō ‎(“I wash, cleanse”).

Noun

lustro m ‎(plural lustros)

1. lustrum; five-year period

Synonyms

• quinquenio m

Etymology 2

Verb

lustro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of lustrar.