leuga
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Said by Roman writers to be of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.[1]
Noun[edit]
leuga f
- A unit of length defined as 1Roman miles 1⁄2
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | leuga | leugae |
Genitive | leugae | leugārum |
Dative | leugae | leugīs |
Accusative | leugam | leugās |
Ablative | leugā | leugīs |
Vocative | leuga | leugae |
Descendants[edit]
- → Esperanto: leŭgo
References[edit]
- ^ Isidorus, etymologiae sive origines, 15,16,1: "Mensuras viarum nos miliaria dicimus, Graeci stadia, Galli leugas, Aegypti schoenos, Persae parasangas."
- “leuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“leuca (leuga)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - leuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
leuca et leuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.