Lucius
See also: lucius
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈluːsɪəs/, /ˈluːʃəs/
Proper noun
Lucius
- A male given name; rather rare in English.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 13:1:
- Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Latin
Alternative forms
- (praenominal abbreviation): L.
Etymology
From lux (“light”), stem lūc-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.us/, [ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs]
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Lūcius | Lūciī |
| Genitive | Lūciī Lūcī1 |
Lūciōrum |
| Dative | Lūciō | Lūciīs |
| Accusative | Lūcium | Lūciōs |
| Ablative | Lūciō | Lūciīs |
| Vocative | Lūcī | Lūciī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Lūcĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lucius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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