Lutetia
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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 Latin) 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.
singular | |
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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.
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- en:Paris
- en:Ancient settlements
- en:Islands
- en:Places in France
- en:Astronomy
- en:Asteroids
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- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Paris
- la:Ancient settlements
- la:Islands
- la:Places in France
- la:Cities in France
- la:National capitals