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Revision as of 07:41, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lūcus: i, m. luceo, the shining, i. e. open place in the wood,
I a wood, grove, or thicket of trees sacred to a deity.
I Lit.: Silani lucus extra murumst est avius crebro salicto oppletus, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8: lucus est arborum multitudo cum religione, nemus vero composita multitudo arborum, silva diffusa et inculta, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 310; cf. id. ib. 1, 441; 11, 316: vos jam, Albani tumuli atque luci, imploro, Cic. Mil. 31, 85: lucus frequenti silvā septus, Liv. 24, 3: nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos, Tib. 3, 3, 15: virtutem verba putas et Lucum ligna, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31: Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus, Quint. 10, 1, 88: nemoris sacri lucos tenere, Sen. Herc. Oet. 956.—
II Transf.
   A In gen., a wood (poet.): aut quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos, Verg. G. 2, 122: alto in luco, id. A. 11, 456.—
   B Wood: nec quicquam positum sine luco, auro, ebore, argento, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lūcus: ūs, m., i. q. lux,
I light: cum primo lucu, at daybreak, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 56 (dub.; Fleck. and Ussing, luci): noctu lucuque, Varr. L. L. 5, 19, § 99 Müll. (ex conj.; al. noctulucus).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) lūcus,⁹ ī, m., bois sacré : Cic. Mil. 85 ; Quint. 10, 1, 88 || bois [poét.] : Virg. G. 2, 122 ; En. 11, 456.