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Lucius
Lucius
See also: lucius
English
Proper noun
Lucius
- A male given name ; rather rare in English.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts 13:1:
- Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts 13:1:
Related terms
Translations
male given name
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From lux (“light”), stem lūc-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.us/, [ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs]
Proper noun
Lūcius m (genitive Lūciī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen.
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lūcius |
| genitive | Lūciī Lūcī1 |
| dative | Lūciō |
| accusative | Lūcium |
| ablative | Lūciō |
| vocative | Lūcī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Lūcĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Lucius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
lucius
lucius
See also: Lucius
Latin
Noun
lūcius m (genitive lūciī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lūcius | lūciī |
| genitive | lūciī | lūciōrum |
| dative | lūciō | lūciīs |
| accusative | lūcium | lūciōs |
| ablative | lūciō | lūciīs |
| vocative | lūcie | lūciī |
Descendants
References
- lucius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- LUCIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lucius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- lucius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray