Λούκιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Lūcius from lūx, lūcis (“light”) from Proto-Italic *louks from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“brightness”). Cognate of Mycenaean Greek 𐀩𐀄𐀏 (re-u-ka), Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, light, bright”), Old English lēoht and English light.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǔː.ki.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ki.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ci.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ci.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ci.os/

Proper noun

Λούκιος • (Loúkios) m (genitive Λουκίου); second declension (Koine)

a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lūcia, equivalent to Latin Lūcius or English Lucius
Lūcius (regularly abbreviated L.) a common ancient Roman praenōmen shared by many male historical figures; used by both patrician and plebeian families, it gave rise to the patronymic gentēs Lūcia and Lūcilia, as well as the cognomen Lūcullus.
Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος
Loúkios Méstrios Ploútarkhos
Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus (Plutarch)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λούκιος; τοῦ Λουκίου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λούκιος ho Loúkios	οἱ Λούκιοι hoi Loúkioi
Genitive	τοῦ Λουκίου toû Loukíou	τῶν Λουκίων tôn Loukíōn
Dative	τῷ Λουκίῳ tôi Loukíōi	τοῖς Λουκίοις toîs Loukíois
Accusative	τὸν Λούκιον tòn Loúkion	τοὺς Λουκίους toùs Loukíous
Vocative	Λούκιε Loúkie	Λούκιοι Loúkioi

Related terms

Λουκία f (Loukía)
Λουκᾶς (Loukâs)

Further reading

Λούκιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G3066 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“Λούκιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

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