lucus

(Anglais)

  1. (declension-2) a grove sacred to a deity
  2. (declension-2, poetic) a wood

Prononcé comme (IPA)
[ˈɫuː.kʊs]
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old Latin loucos, from Proto-Italic *loukos, from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-ó-s (“open space, clearing”), which is derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“clearing”), Sanskrit लोक (loka, “free space, world”).

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