leuga

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said by Roman writers to be of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.[1]

Noun

leuga f

  1. A unit of length defined as 1+1⁄2 Roman miles

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative leuga leugae
genitive leugae leugārum
dative leugae leugīs
accusative leugam leugās
ablative leugā leugīs
vocative leuga leugae

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: lega
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: llegua
    • Old French: liue (see there for further descendants)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ^ Isidorus, etymologiae sive origines, 15,16,1: "Mensuras viarum nos miliaria dicimus, Graeci stadia, Galli leugas, Aegypti schoenos, Persae parasangas."
  • “leuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    “leuca (leuga)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “leuga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    “leuca et leuga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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