lacusta
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modification of Classical locusta (“locust, lobster”), likely influenced by lacertus (“lizard”) or lacus (“lake”).
Noun
[edit]lacusta f (genitive lacustae); first declension
- (Late Latin, nonstandard) Alternative form of locusta (“locust, lobster”)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lacusta | lacustae |
Genitive | lacustae | lacustārum |
Dative | lacustae | lacustīs |
Accusative | lacustam | lacustās |
Ablative | lacustā | lacustīs |
Vocative | lacusta | lacustae |
Descendants
[edit]- Eastern Romance
- Italo-Dalmatian
- Old French: laöste, laüste, laouste
- Old Occitan: langosta
- West Iberian
References
[edit]- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “locusta (*lacusta)”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 367