English

Noun

Ucalegon ‎(plural Ucalegons)

1. (dated) A neighbor whose house is on fire or has burned down.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Ucalegon.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐκαλέγων ‎(Oukalégōn).

Proper noun

Ucalegon m ‎(genitive Ucalegōnis); third declension

1. Ucalegon
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.310

     Iam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam volcano superante domus, iam proximus ardet Ucalegon; Sigea igni freta lata relucent.

     The palace of Deiphobus ascends in smoky flames, and catches on his friends. Ucalegon burns next: the seas are bright.

References

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

English

Noun

Ucalegon ‎(plural Ucalegons)

1. (dated) A neighbor whose house is on fire or has burned down.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Ucalegon.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐκαλέγων ‎(Oukalégōn).

Proper noun

Ucalegon m ‎(genitive Ucalegōnis); third declension

1. Ucalegon
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.310

     Iam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam volcano superante domus, iam proximus ardet Ucalegon; Sigea igni freta lata relucent.

     The palace of Deiphobus ascends in smoky flames, and catches on his friends. Ucalegon burns next: the seas are bright.

References

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