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Lucanus

Lucanus

Latin

Proper noun

Lūcānus m ‎(genitive Lūcānī); second declension

A resident of Lucania
The name of a Roman gēns.
The Roman poet Lucan.

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Lūcānus	Lūcānī
genitive	Lūcānī	Lūcānōrum
dative	Lūcānō	Lūcānīs
accusative	Lūcānum	Lūcānōs
ablative	Lūcānō	Lūcānīs
vocative	Lūcāne	Lūcānī

Descendants

English: Lucan
Italian: Lucano

References

Lucanus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers