Lucas

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See also: lucas, LUCAs, Lùcas, and Lúcás

English

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Etymology

From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lucas

  1. A male given name from Latin.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A township in Effingham County, Illinois.
    2. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois.
    3. A minor city in Lucas County, Iowa.
    4. A minor city in Russell County, Kansas.
    5. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky.
    6. A township in Lyon County, Minnesota.
    7. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
    8. A village in Richland County, Ohio.
    9. An unincorporated community in Gregory County, South Dakota.
    10. A city in Collin County, Texas.
    11. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
    12. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  4. A suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Lucas (third-person singular simple present Lucases, present participle Lucasing, simple past and past participle Lucased)

  1. (fandom slang, transitive) Synonym of George Lucas

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Lucas

  1. a male given name, variant of Lukas

Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), perchance via Latin Lucas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈly.kɑs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧cas

Proper noun

Lucas m

  1. Luke (book of the Bible)
  2. (biblical) Luke (traditional name of the author of the Gospel of Luke)
  3. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lucas m

  1. a male given name, a Latinate variant of Luc
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lucas

  1. a male given name, variant of Lukas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lūcās m sg (genitive Lūcae); first declension

  1. Luke the Evangelist

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Lūcās
genitive Lūcae
dative Lūcae
accusative Lūcān
ablative Lūcā
vocative Lūcā

Note: The Accusative is also Lūcam.

Descendants

  • Aromanian: Luca (learned)
  • Catalan: Lluc (learned)
  • English: Lucas
  • French: Luc (learned)
  • Irish: Lúcás
  • German: Lukas
  • Italian: Luca (learned)
  • Portuguese: Lucas (learned)
  • Romanian: Luca (learned)
  • Spanish: Lucas (learned)

References

  • Lūcās”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lucas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lucas

  1. a male given name, variant of Lukas

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Lūcās.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lūcas m

  1. Luke the Evangelist

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Lūcas
accusative Lūcas
genitive Lūces
dative Lūce

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lucas, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Lucas m

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Luke and Lucas
  2. (biblical) Luke (early Christian evangelist)
  3. (biblical) Luke (a book of the New Testament)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlukas/
  • Rhymes: -ukas
  • Syllabification: Lu‧cas

Proper noun

Lucas m

  1. Luke (biblical character)
  2. Luke (book of the Bible)
  3. a male given name

Swedish

Proper noun

Lucas c (genitive Lucas)

  1. a male given name, variant of Lukas