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 ( it, Lago di Lucrino; nap, Laco 'e Lucrine) 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. A ...
, a lake in Campania
*Albanus Lake,
Lake Albano in Lazio, Italy
*Alsietinus Lacus, the ancient name of a lake in Etruria today known as
Lake Martignano
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Lacus Curtius, a topographical feature in ancient Rome
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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 ''Lacus ...
, a spring and man-made religious structure in ancient Rome
Extraterrestrial
''Lacus'' may also refer to a
lunar mare; see
List of maria on the Moon:
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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 s ...
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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 ...
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Lacus Excellentiae
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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 Niviu ...
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Lacus Mortis
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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 ...
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Lacus Spei
Lacus Spei (Latin ''speī'', "Lake of Hope") is a small lunar mare that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. To the north is the crater Mercurius and to the west-southwest lies Schumacher.
The selenographic coordinates ...
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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 117 km.
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''Lacus'' may refer to similar features on other celestial bodies:
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Ontario Lacus on
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 ...
, a
moon of Saturn
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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 ...
on
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...
Fictional characters
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Lacus Clyne from ''
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 ...
'' and ''
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny''
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
.
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 fieldNewmeyer, Frederick J. 1986. Has There Bee ...
See also
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Lacuna (disambiguation)
Lacuna (plural lacunas or lacunae) may refer to:
Related to the meaning "gap"
* Lacuna (manuscripts), a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or musical work
** Great Lacuna, a lacuna of eight leaves where there was heroic Old Norse p ...
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