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

• clou, culo

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