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Lusus
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lusus
English
Etymology
en 1 * :lbor la:Lūsus
Proper noun
en Q1877780 en Roman mythology The supposed son or companion of Bacchus, god of wine and divine madness, to whom Portuguese national mythology attributed the foundation of ancient Lusitania and the fatherhood of the Lusitanians.
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
la Lūsus 1 2 :from lūsus<t:a play(ing), a game><ety:from<lūdō<t:to play (at a game)>>>
Pronunciation
Lūsus
la Lū sus
Proper noun
Lūsus<2>
la Q1877780 la Lusus Q1877780
la Plinius Maior
Declension
Lūsus<2>
Descendants
en Lusus 1
pt Luso luso 1
Further reading
3 Lūsus 929 2