Lucanus

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Translingual[edit]

Lucanus cervus

Etymology[edit]

Coined by Tyrolean physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763. Possibly from Latin lucanus (stag beetle).

Proper noun[edit]

Lucanus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lucanidae – stag beetles.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Lūca (a city in Etruria) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Lūcānus m (genitive Lūcānī); second declension

  1. A resident of Lucania
  2. The name of a Roman gēns.
  3. The Roman poet Lucan.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lūcānus Lūcānī
Genitive Lūcānī Lūcānōrum
Dative Lūcānō Lūcānīs
Accusative Lūcānum Lūcānōs
Ablative Lūcānō Lūcānīs
Vocative Lūcāne Lūcānī

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Lucan
  • Italian: Lucano
  • Ancient Greek: Λουκανός (Loukanós)
  • Translingual: Lucanus

References[edit]

  • Lucanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers