Lucas

See also: lucas, LUCAs, Lùcas, and Lúcás

English

Etymology

From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Lu‧cas
• Rhymes: -uːkəs

Proper noun

Lucas

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philemon 23-24::

     There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A township in Effingham County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois.
   3. A minor city in Lucas County, Iowa.
   4. A minor city in Russell County, Kansas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky.
   6. A township in Lyon County, Minnesota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
   8. A village in Richland County, Ohio.
   9. An unincorporated community in Gregory County, South Dakota.
   10. A city in Collin County, Texas.
   11. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
   12. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
4. A suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Derived terms

• Gauss-Lucas theorem
• Lucas County
• Lucas-Penrose argument
• Penrose-Lucas argument

 

Related terms

• Luke

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧卡斯 / 卢卡斯 (zh) (Lúkǎsī)

• French: Lucas (fr), Luc (fr)
• Persian: لوکاس (lukâs)
• Portuguese: Lucas (pt)
• Russian: Лукас (ru) (Lukas)

male given name — see Luke

Verb

Lucas (third-person singular simple present Lucases, present participle Lucasing, simple past and past participle Lucased)

1. (fandom slang, transitive) Synonym of George Lucas

Anagrams

• Claus, cauls, lusca

Danish

Proper noun

Lucas

1. a male given name, variant of Lukas

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Lukas

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), perchance via Latin Lucas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈly.kɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Lu‧cas

Proper noun

Lucas m

1. Luke (book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Luke (traditional name of the author of the Gospel of Luke)
3. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Derived terms

• Luuk

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.ka/ ~ /ly.kɑ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Lucas m

1. a male given name, a Latinate variant of Luc
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

• calus, culas

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lucas

1. a male given name, variant of Lukas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lūc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.kaːs/, [ˈɫ̪uːkäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kas/, [ˈluːkäs]

Proper noun

Lūcās m sg (genitive Lūcae); first declension

1. Luke the Evangelist

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lūcās
genitive	Lūcae
dative	Lūcae
accusative	Lūcān
ablative	Lūcā
vocative	Lūcā

Note: The Accusative is also Lūcam.

Descendants

• → Aromanian: Luca (learned)
• → Catalan: Lluc (learned)
• → English: Lucas
• → French: Luc (learned)
• → Irish: Lúcás
• → German: Lukas
• → Italian: Luca (learned)
• → Portuguese: Lucas (learned)
• → Romanian: Luca (learned)
• → Spanish: Lucas (learned)

References

• “Lūcās”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lucas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lucas

1. a male given name, variant of Lukas

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Lūcās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.kɑs/

Proper noun

Lūcas m

1. Luke the Evangelist

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Lūcas	—
accusative	Lūcas	—
genitive	Lūces	—
dative	Lūce	—

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lucas, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɐʃ/

Proper noun

Lucas m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Luke and Lucas
2. (biblical) Luke (early Christian evangelist)
3. (biblical) Luke (a book of the New Testament)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlukas/ [ˈlu.kas]
• Rhymes: -ukas
• Syllabification: Lu‧cas

Proper noun

Lucas m

1. Luke (biblical character)
2. Luke (book of the Bible)
3. a male given name

Swedish

Proper noun

Lucas c (genitive Lucas)

1. a male given name, variant of Lukas