Lucus

Lucus
Recorded in over one hundred spelling forms ranging from Lucas, Lucus, Luke, Luck and Luckett (English and Scottish), Lucas and Lucaud (France), Luca (Italy), Luk, Lucker and Lauks (Germany), Luasek and Kasek (Czech), Lukasik (Poland), Lukashevich (Ukraine), Lukovic (Croatia), and many more, this is a 12th century surname of several possible origins. For most nameholders it probably derives from the ancient Greek given name "Loucas", meaning the man from Lucania, formerly a region of Italy. As such it was probably a Crusader name. This was a name associated with the various Christian Crusades in the 12th centuries with knights from all countries in Europe, who attempted to wrest control of the Holy Land, and specifically Jerusalem, from the Muslim grip. All failed, but returning warriors often gave their children names associated with the biblical region, and this was one of them. However the surname can also be of French locational origins, from the town of Luick in Flanders. An example in this respect being that of Lucas de Luke, who is recorded in the Pipe Rolls of the city of London on 1274, whilst another recording from the same period is that of Ulrich der Luk of Dorfzaum, Germany, in 1310. Amongst the early colonists in the island of Barbados was Richard Lucas, whose son Theophilus was christened at Goergs parish church on November 26th 1679. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Euerard Lucas. This was dated 1153, in the register of the Knight Templars of England during the reign of King Stephen, 1135 - 1154. Over the centuries surnames in every country have continued to "develop," often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Lucus — a sanctuary (compare fanum ), is part of the Latin name of several different ancient places in the Roman Empire:*Lucus Angitiae is now Luco, a city in Italy *Lucus Augusti is now Lugo, a city in Spain *Lucus Augusti is now Luc en Diois, a city i …   Wikipedia

  • Lucus — Territorio del protectorado español de Marruecos Datos generales …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lucus — (lat.), ein einer Gottheit geweihter Hain. 1). a non lucendo, eine aus Quintilian (»De institutione oratoria«, I, 6, 34) stammende Redensart, um eine sinnlose Etymologie zu bezeichnen, soviel wie: der Wald heißt lucus, weil es darin nicht hell… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Lucus — steht dreimal (z.B. am 17. Oct.) im Elenchus als Name eines Martyrers, jedoch in Wirklichkeit kommt ein solcher als Heiliger nicht vor, sondern es findet sich in alten Handschriften nur öfter der Genitiv S. Luci (was man von Lucus ableiten… …   Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon

  • Lucus — (lat.), 1) ein einer Gottheit geheiligter Hain; 2) Name mehrerer Städte, so L. Asturum, L. Augusti, s. Astures etc …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lucus — Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Locus (homonymie) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • LUCUS — I. LUCUS castellum Salyorum, in dioec. Arelatensi. Item in Provincia, prope Brinoniam, prunis suis celebris, Brignole. Hadr. Vales. Not. Gall. II. LUCUS improprie de fruiticetis et arbustis, ut apud Solin. c. 35. ubi balsami lucos memorat, quod… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Lucus Augusti — puede referirse a: Lucus Augusti, nombre romano de la ciudad española de Lugo. Lucus Augusti, nombre romano de la ciudad francesa de Luc en Diois. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lucus a non lucendo — (Latein: [Das Wort für] Hain [kommt] vom nicht Leuchten) ist eine Redewendung, die abwegige Etymologien, etwa Volksetymologien, karikiert. In ihr wird unterstellt, das Wort für Hain lucus sei mit dem ähnlich lautenden Wort für Leuchten lucere… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lucus a non lucéndo — (lat.), sprichwörtliche Redensart aus Quintilian, zur Bezeichnung einer unsinnigen Etymologie, nämlich der Hain wird lucus genannt, weil es darin nicht hell ist (non lucet) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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