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The Latin word ''lacus'' means "opening, hole, pool, lake," and was also the word for a distribution point in the public water supply of ancient Rome. It can refer to:


Geography

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Lucrinus Lacus Lucrinus Lacus or Lucrine Lake (; ) is a lake in Campania, southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of Lake Avernus and is separated from the Gulf of Pozzuoli by a narrow strip of land. Also known as the ''maricello'' ("little ...
, a lake in Campania *Albanus Lake,
Lake Albano Lake Albano (Italian: ''Lago Albano'' or ''Lago di Castel Gandolfo'') is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, southeast of Rome. Castel Gandolfo, overlooking the lake, is the site of the Papal ...
in Lazio, Italy *Alsietinus Lacus, the ancient name of a lake in Etruria today known as
Lake Martignano Lake Martignano (Italian: Lago di Martignano) is a small lake in Lazio, Italy north-north-west of Rome, in an extinct crater or maar. Administratively its coast is divided amongst the municipalities of Rome, Anguillara Sabazia and Campagnano di ...
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Lacus Curtius The Lacus Curtius ("Lake Curtius") was a pit or pool in the ground of the Forum Romanum. The area where the Forum would be built was likely once a lake, as the wider area is known to have been surrounded by brooks and marshes. One part was never ...
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Lacus Juturnae The ''Lacus Iuturnae'', or ''Lacus Juturnae'' or Spring of Juturna, is the name of a formal pool built by the Romans near a spring or well in the Roman Forum. The pool was part of a shrine dedicated to the water nymph Juturna, and the name ''L ...
, a spring and man-made religious structure in ancient Rome


Scientific

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Lacus (beetle) The Latin word ''lacus'' means "opening, hole, pool, lake," and was also the word for a distribution point in the public water supply of ancient Rome. It can refer to: Geography *Lucrinus Lacus, a lake in Campania *Albanus Lake, Lake Albano in La ...
'', a genus in the family
Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus '' Eucnemis''; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family Elateridae, specimens of Eucnemida ...
*''Lacus'' may refer to a
lunar mare The lunar maria ( ; mare ) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by lava flowing into ancient impact basins. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich composition, and hence appear dark to ...
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Lacus Aestatis Lacus Aestatis (Latin ''aestātis'', "Summer Lake") consists of two relatively small patches of smooth, interconnected lunar mare, located near the western limb of the Moon in the southwestern highlands. It was originally called ''Mare Aestatis'' ...
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Lacus Autumni Lacus Autumni (Latin ''autumnī'', "Lake of Autumn") is a region of lunar mare that lies near the western limb of the Moon. Along this side of the lunar surface is a huge impact basin centered on the Mare Orientale. Two concentric mountain rings ...
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Lacus Bonitatis Lacus Bonitatis (Latin ''bonitātis'', "Lake of Goodness") is a small lunar mare that lies to the northwest of the prominent crater Macrobius. Further to the north of Lacus Bonitatis is the Montes Taurus mountain range. This mare is an irregular r ...
** Lacus Excellentiae **
Lacus Felicitatis Lacus Felicitatis (Latin ''fēlīcitātis'', "Lake of Happiness") is a small patch of the lunar surface that has been inundated by flows of lava, leaving a level patch with a lower albedo than the surrounding ground. It is located in Terra Niv ...
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Lacus Mortis Lacus Mortis (Latin ''mortis'', "Lake of Death") is a hexagonal-shaped plain of basaltic lava flows in the northeastern part of the Moon's near face. It was formed as a floor-fractured crater during the pre-Imbrian epoch, then flooded during t ...
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Lacus Solitudinis Lacus Solitudinis (Latin ''sōlitūdinis'', "Lake of Solitude") is a small lunar mare on the far side of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of the lake are 27.8° S, 104.3° E, and it lies within a diameter of 139 km. It forms an arcing ...
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Lacus Somniorum Lacus Somniorum (Latin ''somniōrum'', "Lake of Dreams") is a basaltic plain located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. It is located at selenographic coordinates 37.56° N, 30.8° E, and has a diameter of 424.76 kilometers. The n ...
** Lacus Spei **
Lacus Temporis Lacus Temporis (Latin ''temporis'', ''Lake of Time'') is a small lunar mare that is located in the northeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are , and it lies within a diameter of 205 km. It ...
''Lacus'' may also refer to similar features on other celestial bodies: *
Ontario Lacus Ontario Lacus is a lake composed of methane, ethane and propane near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. Its character as a hydrocarbon lake was confirmed by observations from the '' Cassini'' spacecraft, published in the 31 July 2008 edit ...
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Titan Titan most often refers to: * Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn * Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology Titan or Titans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities Fictional locations * Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
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moon of Saturn The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan (moon), Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury (planet), Mercury. There are 274 natural satellite, moons with con ...
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Solis Lacus Solis Lacus (), (Latin, "lake of the sun") is a dark feature on Mars. It was once called "Oculus" and is still commonly called "The Eye of Mars" because with the surrounding light area called Thaumasia it resembles the pupil of one. Solis Lacu ...
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Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...


Fictional characters

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Lacus Clyne is a fictional character introduced in the Japanese science fiction anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and appearing in the sequels '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom'', all three of whic ...
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has devel ...
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. S ...
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anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
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Associations

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Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States The Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) was founded in August 1974 by a group of linguists of the Great Lakes region. This was largely a reaction against the narrowing of the field following Noam Chomsky’s generative gr ...


See also

* Lacuna (disambiguation) {{disambiguation Latin words and phrases