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lucis

lucis is a Latin form of Lucius, meaning “Lucius (Roman first name, abbreviated L.)”.

It can also be a form of lux, “light, daylight”.

It can also be a form of lucus, “(sacred) grove, wood”. It is the dative plural masculine noun or genitive singular feminine adjective or genitive singular masculine adjective or ablative plural masculine noun.

Found 250 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.75: … emplo, cur tam diu? cur, inquam, civibus Romanis quos piratae ceperant securi statim percussis, ipsis piratis lucis usuram tam diuturnam dedisti?

Cicero, Pro P. Sulla 90: … e detracta sint, cum in hac fortuna miserrima ac luctuosissima destitutus sit, quid est quod expetas amplius? Lucisne hanc usuram eripere vis plenam lacrimarum atque maeroris, in qua cum maximo cruciatu ac dolore retinetur? l …

All forms of Lucius (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.