luxuria

== Latin == === Alternative forms === lū̆xuriēs === Etymology === From lū̆xus (“excess”) +‎ -ia. Ernout and Meillet suggests that the -ur- suffix (found here before -ia) can be identified with the "desiderative" suffix -turiō, as seen in ēsuriēs (“hunger”). De Vaan proposes an intermediate adjective *luxuros without elaborating further on its etymology. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫuːkˈsʊ.ri.a], [ɫʊkˈsʊ.ri.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lukˈsuː.ri.a] === Noun === lū̆xuria f (genitive lū̆xuriae); first declension luxury extravagance lust ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== lū̆xuriō/ lū̆xurior lū̆xuriōsus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “luxuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “luxuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "luxuria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “luxuria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.