Lucetius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *Louk-et-jos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Oscan λωϝκτιηις (lōwktiēis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫuːˈkɛ.ti.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [luˈt͡ʃɛː.t͡si.us] === Proper noun === Lūcetius m sg (genitive Lūcetiī or Lūcetī, feminine Lūcetia); second declension divine epithet of Jupiter perhaps meaning "light-bringer" ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Lucetius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press Lucetius in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung Zair, Nicholas (2016), Oscan in the Greek Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 206 Poccetti, Paolo (2012), “Language relations in Sicily: Evidence for the speech of the Σικανοί, the Σικελοί and others”, in Olga Tribulato, editor, Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 84 === Further reading === Fick, August (1890–1909), “Leuketio-s”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 243