luco

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ko/
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: lù‧co

Etymology 1

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From Latin lūcus (grove sacred to a deity), from Old Latin loucos, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkós (open space, clearing), derived from the root *lewk- (bright). Cognates include English lea (meadow), Hindi लोक (lok, public” ← “world), Lithuanian laũkas (field).

Noun

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luco m (plural luchi)

  1. a small grove, particularly:
  2. (Ancient Rome) a grove sacred to the gods

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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luco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lucere

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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lūcō

  1. dative/ablative singular of lūcus

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish loco.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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luco

  1. crazy

Derived terms

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References

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  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, page 139