Lucus Augusti

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.kus au̯ˈɡus.tiː/, [ˈɫ̪uːkʊs̠ äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kus au̯ˈɡus.ti/, [ˈluːkus äu̯ˈɡust̪i]

Proper noun

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

1. A city in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Lugo

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Lūcus Augustī
genitive	Lūcī Augustī
dative	Lūcō Augustī
accusative	Lūcum Augustī
ablative	Lūcō Augustī
vocative	Lūce Augustī
locative	Lūcī Augustī

Descendants

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

References

• “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.