Lucius

See also: lucius

English

Etymology

Latin Lucius, a common Roman praenomen deriving from lux (“light”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈluːsɪəs/, /ˈluːʃəs/

Proper noun

Lucius

  1. A male given name; rather rare in English.
    • 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.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • (praenominal abbreviation): L.

Etymology

From lux (“light”), stem lūc-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.us/, [ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs]

Proper noun

Lūcius m (genitive Lūciī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.

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).

Derived terms

Descendants

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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