Lucetius

From Proto-Italic *Louk-et-jos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Oscan λωϝκτιηις (lōwktiēis).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫuːˈkɛ.ti.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [luˈt͡ʃɛː.t͡si.us]

Lūcetius m sg (genitive Lūcetiī or Lūcetī, feminine Lūcetia); second declension

1. divine epithet of Jupiter perhaps meaning "light-bringer"

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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• Fick, August (1890–1909), “Leuketio-s”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 243