luxus

See also: Luxus and lúxus

Czech

Noun

luxus m

1. luxury

Synonyms

• přepych

Derived terms

• luxusní

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin luxus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluksuʃ]
• Hyphenation: lu‧xus

Adjective

luxus (comparative luxusabb, superlative legluxusabb)

1. luxury (very expensive)

Noun

luxus (plural luxusok)

1. luxury (very wealthy and comfortable surroundings)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	luxus	luxusok
accusative	luxust	luxusokat
dative	luxusnak	luxusoknak
instrumental	luxussal	luxusokkal
causal-final	luxusért	luxusokért
translative	luxussá	luxusokká
terminative	luxusig	luxusokig
essive-formal	luxusként	luxusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	luxusban	luxusokban
superessive	luxuson	luxusokon
adessive	luxusnál	luxusoknál
illative	luxusba	luxusokba
sublative	luxusra	luxusokra
allative	luxushoz	luxusokhoz
elative	luxusból	luxusokból
delative	luxusról	luxusokról
ablative	luxustól	luxusoktól

Possessive forms of luxus
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	luxusom	luxusaim
2nd person sing.	luxusod	luxusaid
3rd person sing.	luxusa	luxusai
1st person plural	luxusunk	luxusaink
2nd person plural	luxusotok	luxusaitok
3rd person plural	luxusuk	luxusaik

Derived terms

• luxusszálló

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluk.sus/, [ˈɫʊk.sʊs]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lugsos, from *lewg- (“bend, twist”) (whence also luctor (“wrestle”)). Cognates include Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos) and λοξός (loxós, “slanting, crosswise”), Lithuanian lugnas, and Old Norse lykna.

Adjective

luxus (feminine luxa, neuter luxum); first/second declension

1. dislocated

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	luxus	luxa	luxum		luxī	luxae	luxa
genitive	luxī	luxae	luxī		luxōrum	luxārum	luxōrum
dative	luxō		luxō		luxīs
accusative	luxum	luxam	luxum		luxōs	luxās	luxa
ablative	luxō	luxā	luxō		luxīs
vocative	luxe	luxa	luxum		luxī	luxae	luxa

Derived terms

• luxō

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”)

Noun

luxus m (genitive luxūs); fourth declension

1. a dislocation

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	luxus	luxūs
genitive	luxūs	luxuum
dative	luxuī	luxibus
accusative	luxum	luxūs
ablative	luxū	luxibus
vocative	luxus	luxūs

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”)

Noun

luxus m (genitive luxūs); fourth declension

1. extravagance, luxury, excess, debauchery
2. pomp, splendor

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	luxus	luxūs
genitive	luxūs	luxuum
dative	luxuī	luxibus
accusative	luxum	luxūs
ablative	luxū	luxibus
vocative	luxus	luxūs

Derived terms

• luxor
• luxuria/ luxuriēs

Descendants

• French: luxe
• Italian: lusso
• Portuguese: luxo

• Romanian: lux
• Sardinian: luscu
• Spanish: lujo

References

• luxus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luxus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “luxus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pass one's life in luxury and idleness: per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agere