luco

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ko/
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: lù‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin lūcus (“grove sacred to a deity”), from Old Latin loucos, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkós (“open space, clearing”), derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include English lea (“meadow”), Hindi लोक (lok, “public” ← “world”), Lithuanian laũkas (“field”).

Noun

luco m (plural luchi)

  1. a small grove, particularly:
  2. (Ancient Rome) a grove sacred to the gods

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

luco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lucere

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

lūcō

  1. dative/ablative singular of lūcus

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish loco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luko/, [ˈluko]

Adjective

luco

  1. crazy

Derived terms

  • lucojtia
  • lucojti̱c
  • lulucojtzi

References

  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, page 139
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