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.

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Λευκετία ‎(Leuketía)
• English: Lutetia

References

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

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