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Latin
Etymology
From glaucus (“bright, sparkling, gleaming; grey-green, greyish”), from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Glaucia m sg (genitive Glauciae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Servilius Glaucia, a Roman politician
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Glaucia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.