lustro

• IPA^(key): [ˈlustro]
• Rhymes: -ustro
• Hyphenation: lus‧tro

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

1. chandelier

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.stro/
• Rhymes: -ustro
• Hyphenation: lù‧stro

From lustrare, from Latin lūstrāre (“to illuminate”).

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrare

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

1. shiny
2. glossy

• → Polish: lustro

Deverbal from lustrare.

lustro m (plural lustri)

1. shine, gloss
2. prestige

• → Turkish: lostra

Learned borrowing from Latin lūstrum.

lustro m (plural lustri)

1. five-year period; lustrum

   Synonym: quinquennio

• trilustre

From lūstrum (“a purificatory sacrifice”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluːs.troː/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠t̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.tro/, [ˈlust̪ro]

lūstrō (present infinitive lūstrāre, perfect active lūstrāvī, supine lūstrātum); first conjugation

1. I purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice.

   Synonym: perlūstrō

2. (figuratively) I circle, move in a circle around. (because the priest offering such sacrifice did so)
   • 9 CE, Ovid, Ibis 111–112:

     Exul inops errēs aliēnaque līmina lūstrēs,
         exiguumque petās ōre tremente cibum.

     May you wander as a poor exile and go round others' thresholds,
         and ask with a trembling mouth for a bit of food.

3. I wander over, traverse, roam.

   Synonyms: errō, pervagor, peragrō, vagor, discurrō, pererrō, perlūstrō, pālor

4. (military) I review, examine.
5. I review, survey, observe, examine.

   Synonyms: aspiciō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, spectō, reputō, exsequor

6. I illuminate, make bright. (circling celestial bodies: sun, moon etc.)

   Synonyms: clārō, incendō

From lustrum (“a brothel, whorehouse”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.troː/, [ˈɫ̪ʊs̠t̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.tro/, [ˈlust̪ro]

lustrō m (genitive lustrōnis); third declension

1. a vagabond, wanderer, roamer

Third-declension noun.

• “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
• lustro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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)
    

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlus.trɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ustrɔ
• Syllabification: lus‧tro

lustro n (diminutive lusterko)

1. mirror

   Synonym: zwierciadło

• lustro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lustro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin lūstrum, denoting a lavatory sacrifice after a quinquennial census, possibly cognate to luō (“to wash, to cleanse”).

lustro m (plural lustros)

1. lustrum; five-year period

   Synonym: quinquênio

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrar

• IPA^(key): /ˈlustɾo/ [ˈlus.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -ustɾo
• Syllabification: lus‧tro

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

lustro m (plural lustros)

1. lustrum; five-year period

   Synonym: quinquenio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lustro

1. first-person singular present indicative of lustrar

• “lustro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014