Lucerna, lucernæ, f. g. Cic A car: dle: a lampe: a light.Lucernam extinguere.Plaut.To put out the candell.Cubicalaria locerna, Vide CVBILE.Matutinæ lucernæ. luuen. Lucerna simplex. Mart. A lampe that hath but one match.Vigiles lucernæ. Ho. Lampes to match by: watching candels.Viuæ lucernæ. Horar. Lucerna eadem scripsi. Cice. I wrate by the same candell: or at the same time.Facerem diutius, nisi me lucerna desereret.Cic.I would doe it longer, if my candel were not spent: or had not gone out.Lucernula.A sconcr: A little lampe or candle.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lŭcerna, ae, f. [luc-erna, from luceo, q. v.; with double suffix like caverna, laverna, lanterna, etc.; cf. Gr. ke/-arnon, ske/parnon], a lamp, oil-lamp. I.Lit.: lucerna dicta a luce, aut quod id vocant Graeci lu/xnon, Varr. L. L. 5, 119 Müll.: lucernam forte oblitus fueram extinguere, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 56: in sole lucernam adhibere nihil interest, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: lucerna me deserit,
my light goes out
, id. Att. 7, 7, 7: vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat, i. e.
evening entertainments
, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: accedit numerus lucernis,
the lights begin to seem double
, id. S. 2, 1, 25; cf.: cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, Juv. 6, 305: pereundum est ante lucernas,