luxuria

See also: luxúria

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From luxus (“excess”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /lukˈsu.ri.a/, [ɫʊkˈsʊ.ri.a]

Noun

luxuria f (genitive luxuriae); first declension

  1. luxury
  2. extravagance

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative luxuria luxuriae
Genitive luxuriae luxuriārum
Dative luxuriae luxuriīs
Accusative luxuriam luxuriās
Ablative luxuriā luxuriīs
Vocative luxuria luxuriae

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Descendants

References
  • luxuria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luxuria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • luxuria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • luxuria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to plunge into excesses, a career of excess: in luxuriam effundi
    • (ambiguous) to be abandoned to a life of excess: luxuria diffluere (Off. 1. 30. 106)
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