noun

lŭcŭmo

gen. lŭcŭmōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

or , and sync. or , , Etrusc. Lauchme, orig.

one possessed, an inspired person

one possessed, an inspired person: lucumones quidam homines ob insaniam dicti, quod loca ad quae venissent, infesta facerent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120 Müll. —

by extension

An appellation of the Etruscan princes and priests •

An appellation of the Etruscan princes and priests, like the Roman patricius: Tuscia duodecim Lucumones habuit, i. e. reges, quibus unus praeerat, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 475, and 2, 278: Lucomedi a duce suo Lucomo dicti qui postea Lucereses appellati sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120 Müll.; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 9 Creuz.; Müll. ad loc.—

the son of Demaratus of Corinth, afterwards Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome •

Mistaken by the Romans for a proper name, it is given to the son of Demaratus of Corinth, afterwards Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome: Anco regnante, Lucumo, vir impiger ac divitiis potens, Romam commigravit, Liv. 1, 34, 1 sqq.: invexisse in Galliam vinum Arruntem Clusinum irā corruptae uxoris ab Lucumone, id. 5, 33, 3; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 2, 51.(Müll. Lycomedius).—

An Etrurian •

An Etrurian: prima galeritus posuit praetoria Lucmo, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 29.(Lygmon, Müll.).—

Pythagoras; an Etruscan

Lucumo Samius, for Pythagoras, Aus. Ep. 4, 68.— Hence, Lŭcŭmōnĭus, ii, m., an Etruscan, Prop. 4, 2, 51 dub. (5, 2, 51 Müll. Lycomedius).

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