Lutetia

See also: lutetia

English

Etymology

Latin Lutetia.

Proper noun

Lutetia

  1. A Roman town on the site of modern-day Paris.
  2. (astronomy) 21 Lutetia, a main belt asteroid.

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Latin

Etymology

From the Gaulish word for ”swamp”. See also Welsh lludedic (“slimy, muddy”) and Old Irish loth (“dirt”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luˈte.ti.a/, [ɫʊˈtɛ.ti.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈte.t͡si.a/, [luˈteː.t͡si.a]

Proper noun

Lutetia f (genitive Lutetiae); first declension

  1. Paris, Lutetia

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Lutetia
Genitive Lutetiae
Dative Lutetiae
Accusative Lutetiam
Ablative Lutetiā
Vocative Lutetia
Locative Lutetiae

Descendants

References
  • Lutetia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lutetia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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