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lŭcŭmo or lŭcŏmo, and sync. luc-mo or lucmon, ōnis, m. [Etrusc. Lauchme], orig.,

  1. I. one possessed, an inspired person: lucumones quidam homines ob insaniam dicti, quod loca ad quae venissent, infesta facerent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120 Müll.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. An appellation of the Etruscan princes and priests, like the Roman patricius: Tuscia duodecim Lucumones habuit, i. e. reges, quibus unus praeerat, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 475, and 2, 278: Lucomedi a duce suo Lucomo dicti qui postea Lucereses appellati sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120 Müll.; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 9 Creuz.; Müll. ad loc.
    2. B. Mistaken by the Romans for a proper name, it is given to the son of Demaratus of Corinth, afterwards Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome: Anco regnante, Lucumo, vir impiger ac divitiis potens, Romam commigravit, Liv. 1, 34, 1 sqq.: invexisse in Galliam vinum Arruntem Clusinum irā corruptae uxoris ab Lucumone, id. 5, 33, 3; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 2, 51 (Müll. Lycomedius).
    3. C. An Etrurian: prima galeritus posuit praetoria Lucmo, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 29 (Lygmon, Müll.).
    4. D. Lucumo Samius, for Pythagoras, Aus. Ep. 4, 68.
      Hence, Lŭcŭmōnĭus, ii, m., an Etruscan, Prop. 4, 2, 51 dub. (5, 2, 51 Müll. Lycomedius).