lucuns

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”). Cognate with luxus, Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos), Latin luctor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kuns/, [ˈɫ̪ʊkũːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kuns/, [ˈluːkuns]

Noun

lucūns f (genitive lucuntis); third declension

1. A type of pastry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lucūns	lucuntēs
Genitive	lucuntis	lucuntum
Dative	lucuntī	lucuntibus
Accusative	lucuntem	lucuntēs
Ablative	lucunte	lucuntibus
Vocative	lucūns	lucuntēs

Derived terms

• lucunculus

References

• “lucuns”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucuns in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.