lucus

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

nemus

Vertalingen

thicket

bosquet

Hain

λόχμη

grove

bosket

bois

🪵

bosquet

fourré

massif

sylve

boschetto

bosquet

boscaton

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈɫuː.kʊs]

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).