Lucus Augusti

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lūcus (wood) and Augustī (of Augustus).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Lūcus Augustī m sg (genitive Lūcī Augustī); second declension

  1. A city in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Lugo

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lūcus Augustī
Genitive Lūcī Augustī
Dative Lūcō Augustī
Accusative Lūcum Augustī
Ablative Lūcō Augustī
Vocative Lūce Augustī
Locative Lūcī Augustī

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Lugo
    • Galician: Lugo
    • Portuguese: Lugo

References[edit]

  • Lucus Augusti”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Lucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.