lucusta

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Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkus.ta/, or IPA^(key): /luˈkus.ta/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈkus.ta/,

Noun

lū̆custa f (genitive lū̆custae); first declension

locust, grasshopper
crustacean, marine shellfish, lobster

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lū̆custa	lū̆custae
genitive	lū̆custae	lū̆custārum
dative	lū̆custae	lū̆custīs
accusative	lū̆custam	lū̆custās
ablative	lū̆custā	lū̆custīs
vocative	lū̆custa	lū̆custae

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References

“lucusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“lucusta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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