Lucania

Latin Lūcānia

Lucania

1. A region of ancient Italy, comprising modern Basilicata and Cilento.

• Lucanian

From Latin.

Lucania f

1. Lucania

• Luciana

From Lucani +‎ -ia, an Oscan-Samnium tribe of the area. The name's origin is disputed, with suggested connections including Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “bright”), Latin lux (“light”), lucus (“sacred wood”), and Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”), though the first three are all from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. More at Lucania.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luːˈkaː.ni.a/, [ɫ̪uːˈkäːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈka.ni.a/, [luˈkäːniä]

Lūcānia f sg (genitive Lūcāniae); first declension

1. Lucania

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Lūcānus
• Lūcānī

• Translingual: Lucania

• “Lucania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lucania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Lucania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Cowan, Ross (2009) Roman Conquests: Italy, Pen & Sword Books