Lucius

See also: lucius

English

Etymology

From Latin Lūcius, a common Roman praenomen deriving from lux (“light”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluːsɪəs/, /ˈluːʃəs/

Proper noun

Lucius

1. (rare) A male given name from Latin
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:1:

     Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

   • 2012, Dan Hassler-Forest, Capitalist Superheroes: Caped Crusaders in the Neoliberal Age, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:

     In one of the film's most discussed scenes, Bruce Wayne reveals to Lucius Fox (played by Morgan Freeman) that he has modified his “sonar cell phone technology” to create a device that will allow him to listen in on all of Gotham City[...]

Related terms

• Loosh (diminutive)
• Lucian
• Lucia
• Lucy

Translations

male given name

• Esperanto: Lucio
• Etruscan: 𐌋𐌖𐌂𐌉 m (Luci), 𐌋𐌖𐌗𐌉 m (Luχi), 𐌋𐌖𐌅𐌂𐌄 m (Luvce), 𐌋𐌖 (Lu) (abbreviation), 𐌋𐌅 (Lv) (abbreviation)
• Galician: Lucio (gl)
• Greek: Λούκιος (el) m (Loúkios)

  Ancient: Λούκιος m (Loúkios)

• Hungarian: Luciusz
• Italian: Lucio (it)
• Latin: Lucius
• Polish: Lucjusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lúcio (pt) m
• Spanish: Lucio (es) m
• Vietnamese: Luciô

Latin

Alternative forms

• (praenominal abbreviation): L.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *Loukjos, related to lux (“light”), stem lūc-. Compare Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌂𐌉 (Luci, “a male praenomen”) and Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌗𐌉 (Luχi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ki.us/, [ˈɫ̪uːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈluːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Lūcius m (genitive Lūciī or Lūcī, feminine Lūcia); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Lūcius	Lūciī
genitive	Lūciī Lūcī1	Lūciōrum
dative	Lūciō	Lūciīs
accusative	Lūcium	Lūciōs
ablative	Lūciō	Lūciīs
vocative	Lūcī	Lūciī

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

Derived terms

• Lūcia f (praenomen)
• Lūcīpor (“slave of Lucius”)

Descendants

• English: Lucius
• Italian: Lucio
• Ancient Greek: Λούκιος (Loúkios), Λεύκιος (Leúkios)
• Portuguese: Lúcio
• Spanish: Lucio

References

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