Lucanus

Latin

Etymology

Lūca (“a city in Etruria”) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkaː.nus/, [ɫ̪uːˈkäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈka.nus/, [luˈkäːnus]

Proper noun

Lūcānus m (genitive Lūcānī); second declension

1. A resident of Lucania
2. The name of a Roman gēns.
3. The Roman poet Lucan.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lūcānus	Lūcānī
Genitive	Lūcānī	Lūcānōrum
Dative	Lūcānō	Lūcānīs
Accusative	Lūcānum	Lūcānōs
Ablative	Lūcānō	Lūcānīs
Vocative	Lūcāne	Lūcānī

Descendants

• English: Lucan
• Italian: Lucano
• Translingual:

References

• “Lucanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers