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1 Leuca
Leuca, ae, f., a town in Calabria, near the Iapygian promontory, now S. Maria di Leuca:secretaque littora Leucae,
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2 leuca
Letus, i, m., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 41, 18; Val. Max. 1, 5.1.†† leuca ( leuga), ae, f. [a Celtic word, whence the Fr. lieue ], a Gallic mile of 1500 Roman paces, a league: Leukê metron ti Galaktikon, Hesych.:leuca finitur passibus mille quingentis,
Isid. Orig. 15, 16:cum et Latini mille passus vocent, et Galli leucas, et Persae parasangas, et rastas universa Germania, Hier. in Joel, 3, 18: exinde non millenis passibus sed leugis itinera metiuntur,
Amm. 15, 11, 17:quarta leuga signabatur et decima, id est unum et viginti millia passuum,
id. 16, 12, 8; cf. also Inscr. Orell. 1018; 1019; 5063. -
3 Letus
Letus, i, m., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 41, 18; Val. Max. 1, 5.1.†† leuca ( leuga), ae, f. [a Celtic word, whence the Fr. lieue ], a Gallic mile of 1500 Roman paces, a league: Leukê metron ti Galaktikon, Hesych.:leuca finitur passibus mille quingentis,
Isid. Orig. 15, 16:cum et Latini mille passus vocent, et Galli leucas, et Persae parasangas, et rastas universa Germania, Hier. in Joel, 3, 18: exinde non millenis passibus sed leugis itinera metiuntur,
Amm. 15, 11, 17:quarta leuga signabatur et decima, id est unum et viginti millia passuum,
id. 16, 12, 8; cf. also Inscr. Orell. 1018; 1019; 5063. -
4 leucacantha
leucăcantha, ae, f., and leucă-canthos, i, m., = leukakantha.I.The white thorn, form leucacantha, Plin. 22, 16, 18, § 40;II.form leucacanthos,
id. 21, 16, 56, § 94.—A plant, called also phalangites and leucanthemon, Plin. 27, 12, 98, § 124. -
5 leucacanthos
leucăcantha, ae, f., and leucă-canthos, i, m., = leukakantha.I.The white thorn, form leucacantha, Plin. 22, 16, 18, § 40;II.form leucacanthos,
id. 21, 16, 56, § 94.—A plant, called also phalangites and leucanthemon, Plin. 27, 12, 98, § 124. -
6 Leuctra
I.A small town in Bæotia, where Epaminondas defeated the [p. 1054] Spartans, now the village of Leuca, with the ruins of Eremo-Castro (cf. Mann. Griechenland, p. 238), Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; id. Off. 1, 18, 61:B.Lacedaemoniorum mala pugna in Leuctris,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Hence,Leuctrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leuctra, Leuctrian:II.pugna,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; v. supra:calamitas,
id. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. Off. 2, 7 fin. —Cicero jestingly gives to the fray in which Milo killed Clodius the name of Leuctrica pugna (because Rome was thereby delivered from the yoke of Clodius, as Greece had been from that of the Spartans by the battle of Leuctra), Att. 6, 1, 26.—A small town in Laconica, now Leftro, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16. -
7 Leuctrae
I.A small town in Bæotia, where Epaminondas defeated the [p. 1054] Spartans, now the village of Leuca, with the ruins of Eremo-Castro (cf. Mann. Griechenland, p. 238), Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; id. Off. 1, 18, 61:B.Lacedaemoniorum mala pugna in Leuctris,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Hence,Leuctrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leuctra, Leuctrian:II.pugna,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; v. supra:calamitas,
id. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. Off. 2, 7 fin. —Cicero jestingly gives to the fray in which Milo killed Clodius the name of Leuctrica pugna (because Rome was thereby delivered from the yoke of Clodius, as Greece had been from that of the Spartans by the battle of Leuctra), Att. 6, 1, 26.—A small town in Laconica, now Leftro, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16. -
8 Leuctricus
I.A small town in Bæotia, where Epaminondas defeated the [p. 1054] Spartans, now the village of Leuca, with the ruins of Eremo-Castro (cf. Mann. Griechenland, p. 238), Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; id. Off. 1, 18, 61:B.Lacedaemoniorum mala pugna in Leuctris,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Hence,Leuctrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leuctra, Leuctrian:II.pugna,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; v. supra:calamitas,
id. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. Off. 2, 7 fin. —Cicero jestingly gives to the fray in which Milo killed Clodius the name of Leuctrica pugna (because Rome was thereby delivered from the yoke of Clodius, as Greece had been from that of the Spartans by the battle of Leuctra), Att. 6, 1, 26.—A small town in Laconica, now Leftro, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16. -
9 leuga
leuga, ae, v. leuca.
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Leuca — die, / s, keltische Längeneinheit zu 150 Schritten. Von Leuca ist die französische Lieue abgeleitet … Universal-Lexikon
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Leuca — (Leuga, lat.), das keltische Wegmaß, 1500 römische Schritt (s. Passus) = 2,22 km betragend. Die altfranzösische Lieue, obgleich von L. abstammend, bezeichnet das Doppelte und ist gleich der altgermanischen Rasta … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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Leuca [2] — Leuca, Kap Santa Maria di, südöstliche Spitze Apuliens und Italiens … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
LEUCA — I. LEUCA Salentinorum urbs, Episcopal. sub Archiep. Hydruntino, apud Iaygium prom. 19. mill. pass. ab Hydrunto. Lucan. Civ. Bell. l. 5. v. 376. Antiquusque Taras fecretaque litora Leucae. Item opp. Ioniae, medium inter Cumas et Clazomenas, apud… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
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