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Lugdūnum (orig. form LVGVDVNVM, v. Rhein. Mus. 1854, vol. 9, p. 445 sq.), i, n.,

  1. I. a city of Gaul, at the confluence of the Arar and Rhodanus, now Lyons, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Suet. Calig. 20; Tac. A. 3, 41; id. H. 2, 65; 4, 85.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lugdūnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Lugdunum: colonia, Tac. H. 1, 51; 64; 65; Sen. Ep. 91, 2: clades, Tac. A. 16, 13: ara, an altar to Augustus, where Caligula inslituted a prize contest between the Greek and Latin rhetoricians, Juv. 1, 43; cf. Suet. Calig. 20: Gallia Lugdunensis, that part of Gaul in which Lugdunum was situated, also called Gallia Celtica, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; 4, 18, 32, § 107; Tac. H. 1, 59; 2, 59.

lūgĕo, xi, ctum, 2 (luxti for luxisti, Cat. 66, 21; dep. lugeri, Prisc. 1251), v. n. and a. [akin to Gr. λυγρός, λοιγός; Sanscr. root lū, to cut; cf. lues], to mourn, lament, bewail, deplore (syn. ploro).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Neutr.: luget senatus, maeret equester ordo, Cic. Mil. 8, 20: annum feminis ad lugendum constituere majores, Sen. Ep. 63, 13; id. Cons. ad Helv. 16, 1: hos pro me lugere, Cic. Planc. 42, 101.
      Impers. pass.: sei ad pii rogum fili lugetur. etc., Cat. 39, 4.
    2. B. Act.: lugere mortem Trebonii, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 25: quid ego nunc lugeam vitam hominum? id. Tusc. 1, 34, 83: occasum atque interitum rei publicae, id. Pis. 8, 18: ut ager lugere dominum videretur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: matronae annum, ut parentem, eum luxerunt, Liv. 2, 7.
      In pass.: lugebere nobis, Lugebisque alios, Ov. M. 10, 141: parentes et filii majores X annis anno lugendi sunt, Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 13: servus matronis lugendus, Juv. 8, 267.
      With acc. and inf.: urbem e suis faucibus ereptam esse, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2: in dominos vanas luget abisse minas, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 4 prooem.
          1. (β) With gen.: lugere formae, Sil. 3, 424.
  2. II. Transf., to be in mourning, to wear mourning apparel (v. luctus): nec lugentibus id facere fas est, Liv. 22, 56: qui luget, abstinere debet a conviviis, ornamentis et albā veste, Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 14: pullo lugentes vellere lanas, fit for mourning, Mart. 14, 157.

lūgū̆brē, adv., v. lugubris fin.

lūgū̆bris (lūgūbris, Lucr. 4, 547), e, adj. [lugeo and fero], of or belonging to mourning, mourning-.

  1. I. Lit.: lamentatio, over the dead, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30: vestis, mourning apparel, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 45; cf. cultus, Tac. A. 13, 32: cantus, a dirge, Hor. C. 1, 24, 2: domus, a house of mourning, Liv. 3, 32: genitor, mourning, sorrowing, Ov. M. 4, 690; so, pectora, id. H. 10, 145.
    Subst.: lūgū̆brĭa, ĭum, n., mourning garments, sable weeds: lugubria indue, Ov. M. 11, 669; illa dies veniet, mea qua lugubria ponam. id. Tr. 4, 2, 73: imposita lugubria numquam exuerunt, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 16, 2: lugubria sumpsi, Prop. 4 (5), 12, 97.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. That causes mourning, disastrous: bellum, Hor. C. 2, 1, 33: Trojae renascens alite lugubri, id. ib. 3, 3, 61.
    2. B. Mournful, doleful, plaintive: vox, Lucr. 4, 546: vagitus, id. 5, 226: verba, Ov. Ib. 99.
    3. C. Mean, pitiable: sagum, Hor. Epod. 9, 28.
      Hence, adv., in two forms: lūgū̆bre and lūgū̆brĭter, mournfully, dolefully, portentously, plaintively: cometae Sanguinei lugubre rubent, Verg. A. 10, 273: sonitu lugubre minaci Mulciber immugit, Sil. 12, 140: lugubriter eiulantes, App. M. 3, 8, p. 132.

lūgū̆brĭter, adv., v. lugubris fin.