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Luceres

Luceres · m

an Etruscan tribe, whose union with the

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Where it lives

Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k

What it meant

1. Lū^cĕres — Lewis & Short

Lū^cĕres (also Lū^cĕrenses, or perh. Lūcĕrēses, Paul. ex ium, m.,

Fest. p. 119, 10),

I an Etruscan tribe, whose union with the Ramnes (Latins) and Taties (Sabines) gave rise to the oldest Roman state. Romulus named after them one of his three centuries of horsemen: Luceres, ut Junius, a Lucumone, Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 55 and 81 Müll.; Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14; 2, 20, 36; Liv. 1, 13, 8; 1, 36, 2; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 31; Ov. F. 3, 131: hinc Taties Ramnesque viri Lŭceresque coloni, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 31.

2. Lücerés — Walde–Hofmann

Lücerés ,eine der drei Tribus, aus denen das róm. Gemeinwesen erwachsen ist (Varro 1.1. 5, 55): = etr. GN. Iayre (Schulze EN. 218. 518, vgl Varro L1.5, 55). — Lucerus „König von Ardea" ist nach Münzer RE. XIII 1707 eine Erfindung der Kaiserzeit zur Erklärung der Läceres, nicht illyr. mit Krahe Gl. 20, 195f., der auch den ON. 2 heranzieht (vlm. „Stadt des Leukaros*, Kretschmer Cl. 20, € H — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Lücerés, p. 857]

In the wild

Luceribusque Ovid, Fasti 3.132
Luceresque Propertius, Elegiae 4.1.31

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Lücerés (scan p. 857; entry #1593).

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