Latin

Noun

lacus m ‎(genitive lacūs); fourth declension

1. a lake, pond, basin; reservoir
2. a tank, tub, vat, sink

Inflection

Fourth declension, dative/ablative plural in -ubus.

Derived terms

• laculātus
• lacūna
• lacusculus

Descendants

References

• lacus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lacus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LACUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lacus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• lacus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin