lucuns

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Hypotheses include a borrowing from Greek (perhaps from Ancient Greek λυκόεις (lukóeis)) or from Etruscan (compare lucumō).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lucūns f (genitive lucuntis); third declension

  1. A type of pastry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lucūns lucuntēs
genitive lucuntis lucuntum
dative lucuntī lucuntibus
accusative lucuntem lucuntēs
ablative lucunte lucuntibus
vocative lucūns lucuntēs

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Krasne, Darcy A. (2023), “MASSIS AMERINA NON PERVSTIS (STAT. SILV. 1.6.18): ANOTHER ITALIAN PASTRY?”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 73, number 1, →DOI, pages 293-303

Further reading

  • “lucuns”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lucuns”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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