lacus
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See also: lāčus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “cistern, tank, pit”) and Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”). More at lay.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈla.kus/, [ˈɫ̪äkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.kus/, [ˈläːkus]
Noun
[edit]lacus m (genitive lacūs); fourth declension
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lacus | lacūs |
Genitive | lacūs | lacuum |
Dative | lacuī | lacubus |
Accusative | lacum | lacūs |
Ablative | lacū | lacubus |
Vocative | lacus | lacūs |
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Aragonese: laco
- Aromanian: lac
- Asturian: llagu
- Kabuverdianu: lagu
- Catalan: llac
- Dalmatian: lac
- Emilian: lèg
- Esperanto: lago
- Franco-Provençal: lèc
- Old French: lai
- →? Old French: lac
- Friulian: lâc
- Galician: lago
- Italian: lago
- Ligurian: lâgo
- Maltese: lag
- Occitan: lac
- Papiamentu: lago
- Portuguese: lago
- Romanian: lac
- Romansch: lai
- Sardinian: lagu
- Sicilian: lacu
- Spanish: lago
- Venetian: łago
References
[edit]- “lacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lacus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lacus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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