luxuries

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See also: luxúries

English

Noun

luxuries

plural of luxury

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːkˈsu.ri.eːs/, or IPA^(key): /lukˈsu.ri.eːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lukˈsu.ri.es/,

Etymology 1

From lū̆xus (“excess”).

Alternative forms

lū̆xuria

Noun

lū̆xuriēs f (genitive lū̆xuriēī); fifth declension

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lū̆xuriēs	lū̆xuriēs
Genitive	lū̆xuriēī	lū̆xuriērum
Dative	lū̆xuriēī	lū̆xuriēbus
Accusative	lū̆xuriem	lū̆xuriēs
Ablative	lū̆xuriē	lū̆xuriēbus
Vocative	lū̆xuriēs	lū̆xuriēs

Etymology 2

Verb

lū̆xuriēs

second-person singular present active subjunctive of lū̆xuriō

References

“luxuries”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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