Λούκιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Lūcius from lūx, lūcis (“light”) from Proto-Italic *louks from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“brightness”). Cognate of Mycenaean Greek 𐀩𐀄𐀏 (re-u-ka), Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, light, bright”), Old English lēoht and English light.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λούκιος • (Loúkios) m (genitive Λουκίου); second declension (Koine)

  1. a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Λουκία (Loukía), equivalent to Latin Lūcius
  2. Lūcius (regularly abbreviated L.) a common ancient Roman praenōmen shared by many male historical figures; used by both patrician and plebeian families, it gave rise to the patronymic gentēs Lūcia and Lūcilia, as well as the cognomen Lūcullus.
    Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος
    Loúkios Méstrios Ploútarkhos
    Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus (Plutarch)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λούκιος; τοῦ Λουκίου (Koine)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ὁ Λούκιος
ho Loúkios 		οἱ Λούκιοι
hoi Loúkioi
Genitive τοῦ Λουκίου
toû Loukíou 		τῶν Λουκίων
tôn Loukíōn
Dative τῷ Λουκίῳ
tōî Loukíōi 		τοῖς Λουκίοις
toîs Loukíois
Accusative τὸν Λούκιον
tòn Loúkion 		τοὺς Λουκίους
toùs Loukíous
Vocative Λούκιε
Loúkie 		Λούκιοι
Loúkioi

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