Lu"ci*fer (?), n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light +
ferre to bring.] 1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a
king of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut
down to the
ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is.
xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory
the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to Satan. Kitto.
2. Hence, Satan. How wretched
Is that poor
man that hangs on princes' favors! . . .
When
he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
Never to hope
again. Shak.
3. A match made of
a sliver of
wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco. 4.
(Zoöl.) A genus of free- swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
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