Luceium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luˈke.i.um/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkeiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈt͡ʃe.i.um/, [luˈt͡ʃɛːium]

Proper noun

Luceium n sg (genitive Luceiī or Luceī); second declension

1. a castle or fortress in Galatia

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Luceium
genitive	Luceiī Luceī1
dative	Luceiō
accusative	Luceium
ablative	Luceiō
vocative	Luceium
locative	Luceiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Luceium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Luceium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 923/1.