leuga

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said by Roman writers to be of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.[1]

Noun

leuga f

  1. A unit of length defined as 1+1⁄2 Roman miles

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leuga leugae
Genitive leugae leugārum
Dative leugae leugīs
Accusative leugam leugās
Ablative leugā leugīs
Vocative leuga leugae

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: leŭgo

References

  1. ^ Isidorus, etymologiae sive origines, 15,16,1: "Mensuras viarum nos miliaria dicimus, Graeci stadia, Galli leugas, Aegypti schoenos, Persae parasangas."
  • “leuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    “leuca (leuga)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • leuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    leuca et leuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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