Lúcifer, pen. cor. lucíferi, m. g. Cic.The day starre.Sidus luciferi.Virg. Nitens lucifer. Tibul. Obscurus Lucifer illa nocte fuir.Ouid.Renouatus Lucifer. Sil. Vndecimus Lucifer.Ouid.The eleuenth day. Ducit diem Lucifer.Virg.Clarus Lucifer albo exit equo.Ouid.Vigil Lucifer exit aquis Eois.Ouid.Tertius auroram pulsabat Lucifer. Sta. The third day began.Retegens diem noctísque fugans rempora Lucifer.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lūcĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [lux-fero], light-bringing: itaque ut apud Graecos Dianam, eamque Luciferam, sic apud nostros Junonem Lucinam in pariendo invocant, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: pars Lunae, Lucr. 5, 726: equi,
the horses of Luna
, Ov. H. 11, 46: manus, i. e.
of Lucina
, id. ib. 20, 192.— Poet., bringing safety, Prud. Psych. 625.— Hence, II.Subst.: Lūcĭfer, fĕri, m.A.The morning-star, the planet Venus: stella Lucifer interdiu, noctu Hesperus ita circumeunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 17: stella Veneris, quae *fwsfo/ros Graece, Latine dicitur Lucifer, cum antegreditur solem, cum subsequitur autem Hesperos, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: si dormire incipis ortu Luciferi, Juv. 8, 12; 13, 158; cf. Plin. 2, 8, 6, 36; Tib. 1, 10 (9), 62; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 71.—B.The fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx, Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; Ov. M. 11, 271; 346; acc. to others,
a son of Jupiter
, Serv. Verg. A. 4, 130.—C.Poet. transf., day: memento Venturum paucis me tibi Luciferis, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 12), 28: omnis, Ov. F. 1, 46: tres, id. ib. 3, 877.