Lutetia
See also: lutetia
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Lutetia
- An ancient Roman city and island in modern France; modern Paris.
- (astronomy) 21 Lutetia, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms edit
- (astronomy): 21 Lutetia, ㉑
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Roman town
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Gaulish word for “swamp”, from Proto-Celtic *lutā (“dirt, mud”). See also Welsh lludedic (“slimy, muddy”) and Old Irish loth (“dirt”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luːˈteː.ti.a/, [ɫ̪uːˈt̪eːt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈte.t͡si.a/, [luˈt̪ɛːt̪͡s̪iä]
Proper noun edit
Lūtētia f sg (genitive Lūtētiae); first declension
- Lutetia (ancient Roman city and island in modern France; modern Paris)
- Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)
Usage notes edit
Lŭtētia also attested in later inscriptions, as in the hexameter Commoda dum victūs rēgīna Lutētia præbet (Hôtel de Lamoignon, Paris).
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lūtētia |
Genitive | Lūtētiae |
Dative | Lūtētiae |
Accusative | Lūtētiam |
Ablative | Lūtētiā |
Vocative | Lūtētia |
Locative | Lūtētiae |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Lutetia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lutetia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.