lacusta

See also: lãcustã and lăcustă

Latin

Etymology

Vulgar form of classical Latin locusta (“locust, lobster”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈkus.ta/, [ɫ̪äˈkʊs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈkus.ta/, [läˈkust̪ä]

Noun

lacusta f (genitive lacustae); first declension

1. locust, grasshopper
2. crustacean, marine shellfish, lobster

Declension

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

• Aromanian lãcustã
• Asturian: llagosta, llangosta, l.langosta
• Catalan: llagosta
• French: langouste (through Old Occitan)
• Galician: lagosta, lagostra
• Italian: aragosta

• Occitan: langosta
• Old French: laöste, laüste, laouste
• Portuguese: lagosta
• Romanian: lăcustă
• Spanish: lagosta, langosta