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See also: luxúria

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From lū̆xus (excess) +‎ -ia. Ernout and Meillet suggests that the -ur- suffix (found here before -ia) can be identified with the "desiderative" suffix -turiō, as seen in ēsuriēs (hunger).[1] De Vaan proposes an intermediate adjective *luxuros without elaborating further on its etymology.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lū̆xuria f (genitive lū̆xuriae); first declension

  1. luxury
  2. extravagance
  3. lust

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “luxus, luxūs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 374
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “luxus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

Further reading

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  • luxuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luxuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "luxuria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • luxuria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to plunge into excesses, a career of excess: in luxuriam effundi
    • (ambiguous) to be abandoned to a life of excess: luxuria diffluere (Off. 1. 30. 106)