Lucaniann.adj.
/luːˈkeɪnɪən/ A. n.
A member of the Lucani, a branch of the Sabelline race, inhabiting Lucania.
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Sabinea1387
Tuscana1387
Volscea1387
Samnite1390
Venetian1432
Volscian1513
Marrucian1578
Marsi1578
Marsian1578
Vestinian1578
Tarentine1579
Marrucine1600
Paelignian1600
Sabellian1601
Tyrrhenian1660
Lucanian1709
Tyrrhene1736
Oscan1740
Marrucinian1863
Oscian1875
Ausonian1882
Osco-Umbrian1894
Oscan-Umbrian1960
1709 S. Dunster tr. Horace Satires ii. i. p. 127 Or rather, with intent, to keep the Lucanians and Apulians in awe.
1907 A. E. Zimmern tr. G. Ferrero Greatness & Decline Rome I. iv. 85 The Samnites and Lucanians, who were still under arms, sent ambassadors.
1907 A. E. Zimmern tr. G. Ferrero Greatness & Decline Rome I. v. 89 Only the Samnites and the Lucanians, as being still in revolt, were to be excepted.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 456 The Social War, in which the Lucanians took part with the Samnites.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or belonging to Lucania; spec. Lucanian ox n. (see quots.). Lucanian cow n. (see quots.).
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Lombardish1489
Lombard?a1513
Etrurian1569
Perugian1585
Calabrian1594
Umbrian1601
Apulian1607
Ausonian1607
Longobard1625
Vicentine1665
Piedmontese1676
Lombardic1697
Romagnol1820
Bolognese1821
Romagnan1832
Lucanian1863
Lombardian1865
Friulian1880
Venetic1880
Luccan1911
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > elephant
elpc1000
oliphantc1275
elephant1340
carry-castle1599
hathi1838
Lucanian ox1863
Lucanian cow1879
heffalump1926
1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 314 Lucæ boves denoted elephants; first seen in Pyrrhus's wars in Lucania, whence the appellation (Pliny).]
1863 W. K. Kelly Curiosities Indo-European Trad. i. 5 The Romans gave the name of Lucanian ox to the elephant.
1878 J. R. King tr. Cicero Philippic Orations xiii. v. 230 He..took possession of his estates in the Lucanian territory.
1879 C. T. Lewis & C. Short Lat. Dict. 1079/1 Luca bos, Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus).
1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 313/1 The Romans first encountered elephants (‘Lucanian oxen’) in Pyrrhus' army, but seldom used them in battle.
1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 514/2 Lucanian communities had an official known as meddix.
1960 Times 29 June 15/7 Slogans on the walls of a Lucanian town: ‘We are Italians too.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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