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Latin
Etymology
From lūcus (“wood”) and Augustī (“of Augustus”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lūcus Augustī m sg (genitive Lūcī Augustī); second declension
- A city in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Lugo
Declension
Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
- Old Galician-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.