lucusta

Latin

Alternative forms

• lacusta
• lō̆custa

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkus.ta/, [ɫ̪uːˈkʊs̠t̪ä] or IPA^(key): /luˈkus.ta/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkʊs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈkus.ta/, [luˈkust̪ä]

Noun

lū̆custa f (genitive lū̆custae); first declension

1. locust, grasshopper
2. crustacean, marine shellfish, lobster

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lū̆custa	lū̆custae
Genitive	lū̆custae	lū̆custārum
Dative	lū̆custae	lū̆custīs
Accusative	lū̆custam	lū̆custās
Ablative	lū̆custā	lū̆custīs
Vocative	lū̆custa	lū̆custae

Related terms

• Lō̆custa
• Lū̆custa

References

• “lucusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lucusta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray