"Lucius" meaning in Latin

See Lucius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈluː.t͡ʃi.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Archaic Latin Loucios, from Proto-Italic *Loukjos, related to lūx (“light”), stem lūc-. Compare Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌂𐌉 (Luci, a male praenomen) and Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌗𐌉 (Luχi). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-ala:Loucios|title=Lūcius}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*louks", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*Loukjos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Archaic Latin", "term" : "Loucios", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-ala" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Lūcius", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Lūcius">, {{inh|la|itc-ala|Loucios}} Archaic Latin Loucios, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*Loukjos}} Proto-Italic *Loukjos, {{cog|ett|𐌋𐌖𐌂𐌉|pos=a male praenomen|tr=Luci}} Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌂𐌉 (Luci, a male praenomen), {{cog|ett|𐌋𐌖𐌗𐌉|tr=Luχi}} Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌗𐌉 (Luχi) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lūcius<2.both>|f=Lūcia}} Lūcius m (genitive Lūciī or Lūcī, feminine Lūcia); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Lūcius<2.both>}} Forms: Lūcius [canonical, masculine], Lūciī [genitive], Lūcī [genitive], Lūcia [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lūcius [nominative, singular], Lūciī [nominative, plural], Lūciī [genitive, singular], Lūcī [genitive, singular], Lūciōrum [genitive, plural], Lūciō [dative, singular], Lūciīs [dative, plural], Lūcium [accusative, singular], Lūciōs [accusative, plural], Lūciō [ablative, singular], Lūciīs [ablative, plural], Lūcī [singular, vocative], Lūciī [plural, vocative], L. [alternative]
  1. a masculine praenomen Tags: declension-2 Derived forms: Lūcia (praenomen) [feminine], Lūcīpor (english: slave of Lucius)

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Lucius"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "Lucio"
    },
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      "lang_code": "grc",
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    [
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  "pos": "name",
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          "translation": "slave of Lucius",
          "word": "Lūcīpor"
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          "praenomen"
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      "ipa": "[ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈluː.t͡ʃi.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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  "word": "Lucius"
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      "word": "Lucio"
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      "roman": "Loúkios",
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        "dative",
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        "accusative",
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          "Lūciī",
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Etruscan terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with etymon",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin praenomina",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Archaic Latin",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *léwks",
        "Latin terms inherited from Archaic Latin",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a masculine praenomen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "praenomen",
          "praenomen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈluː.t͡ʃi.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lucius"
}

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