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Lutetia

Lutetia

See also: lutetia

English

Proper noun

Lutetia

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

Translations


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

lutetia

See also: Lutetia

Latin

Noun

lutetia

  1. nominative plural of lutetium
  2. accusative plural of lutetium
  3. vocative plural of lutetium

References

  • lutetia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers