luctum

luctum is a Latin form of lugeo, meaning “mourn, grieve for”.

It can also be a form of luctus, “grief, mourning, sorrow”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or perfect passive participle genitive plural neuter or perfect passive participle genitive plural masculine.

Found 93 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 13: … itatem nihil reliquerunt; accusant ei quibus occidi patrem Sex. Rosci bono fuit, causam dicit is cui non modo luctum mors patris attulit verum etiam egestatem; accusant ei qui hunc ipsum iugulare summe cupierunt, causam dicit …

Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.25: … amore nimio laboras. Ergo mihi ausculta, nec te rursus praecipitio vel ullo mortis accersitae genere perimas. Luctum desine et pone maerorem precibusque potius Cupidinem deorum maximum percole, et utpote adolescentem delicatum …

All forms of lugeo (conjugation 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.