Lūcāni | Lū-cānus, a, um | Lūcānus, i | Lūcānĭa, ae | Lūcānĭcus, a, um | lūcānĭca, ae | lūcānĭcum | lūcānĭcus | lūcā-na | Lūca bōs (noun M.m.f.f) :
* A people in Lower Italy, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Liv. 8, 19 and 25; 9, 20 et saep.—Transf., the territory inhabited by them, Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 8, 17, 9; Juv. 8, 180.—Hence
* Adj., Lucanian: ager,Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71: montes,Liv. 8, 24: pascua,Hor. Epod. 1, 28: mare,Stat. S. 3, 2, 85: vinum,Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69: legiones,Liv. 8, 24.— Subst.: , , , a surname of the poet M. Annaeus, of Corduba, nephew of Seneca the philosopher, and author of the poem Pharsalia. He was condemned to death by Nero for participating in the conspiracy of Piso, Quint. 10, 1, 90; Mart. 1, 62, 7; 14, 194; Tac. A. 15, 49; Suet. Ner. 36; Juv. 7, 79.
* The district of Lucania, in Lower Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; 9; Hor. S. 2, 1, 38; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89.
* Lucanian; only as subst.: , , , a kind of meat sausage invented by the Lucanians: solebam antea delectari oleis et lucanicis tuis,Cic. Fam. 9, 16; Mart. 13, 35; Stat. S. 4, 9, 35. Called also and , Charis. p. 73 P.; and , acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.
* Lucanian cow, for elephant (because the Romans first saw this animal in Lucania, in the army of Pyrrhus), Varr. L. L. 7, 389, § 39 Müll.; Enn. ib.; Lucr. 5, 1302; 1339; Sil. 9, 573; Aus. Ep. 15, 12; Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 16.—Prov.: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem, of an impossible thing, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 3.