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Latin
Etymology
Said by Roman writers to be of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.[1]
Noun
leuga f
- A unit of length defined as 1
+1⁄2 Roman miles
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- ^ 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.