lucus

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin loucos, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“open space, clearing”), which is derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).
Cognates include Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“clearing”), Sanskrit लोक (loka, “free space”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lūcus m (genitive lūcī); second declension

  1. A grove sacred to a deity
  2. (poetic) a wood

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūcus lūcī
Genitive lūcī lūcōrum
Dative lūcō lūcīs
Accusative lūcum lūcōs
Ablative lūcō lūcīs
Vocative lūce lūcī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • lucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lucus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) in full daylight: luce (luci)
  • lucus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary
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