Λούκιος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Lūcius from lūx, lūcis (“light”) from Proto-Italic *louks from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“brightness”). Cognate of Mycenaean Greek 𐀩𐀄𐀏 (re-u-ka), Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, light, bright”), Old English lēoht and English light.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lǔː.ki.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ki.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ci.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ci.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ci.os/
Proper noun[edit]
Λούκιος • (Loúkios) m (genitive Λουκίου); second declension (Koine)
- a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lūcia, equivalent to Latin Lūcius or English Lucius
- Lūcius (regularly abbreviated L.) a common ancient Roman praenōmen shared by many male historical figures; used by both patrician and plebeian families, it gave rise to the patronymic gentēs Lūcia and Lūcilia, as well as the cognomen Lūcullus.
- Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος
- Loúkios Méstrios Ploútarkhos
- Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus (Plutarch)
Inflection[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- Λούκιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3066 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Λούκιος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
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