luco

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ko/, [ˈl̺uːko]
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Stress: lùco
  • Hyphenation: lu‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin lūcus (“grove sacred to a deity”), from Old Latin loucos, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“open space, clearing”), derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).
Cognates include English lea (“meadow”), Hindi लोक (lok, “public” ← “world”), Lithuanian laũkas (“field”).

Noun

luco m (plural luchi)

  1. A small grove, particularly:
    1. (Ancient Rome) A grove sacred to the gods.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

luco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lucere

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

lūcō

  1. dative singular of lūcus
  2. ablative singular of lūcus
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