lacusta

See also: lãcustã, lăcustă, and Lăcustă

Latin

Etymology

Modification of Classical locusta (“locust, lobster”), likely influenced by lacertus (“lizard”) or lacus (“lake”).

Noun

lacusta f (genitive lacustae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, nonstandard) alternative form of locusta (“locust, lobster”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lacusta lacustae
genitive lacustae lacustārum
dative lacustae lacustīs
accusative lacustam lacustās
ablative lacustā lacustīs
vocative lacusta lacustae

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: lãcustã
    • Romanian: lăcustă
  • Italo-Dalmatian
  • Old French: laöste, laüste, laouste
  • Old Occitan: langosta
  • West Iberian

References

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