lucus a non lucendo

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  1. An absurd etymology or derivation; hence, anything inconsequent or illogical. Sometimes shortened to lucus a non.

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  1. Latin: lucus, a wood or grove, especially one sacred to a deity; a, from; non, not; lucendo, ablative gerund of lucere, shine (see lea, a-, non, lucent); that is, a grove is called lucus (which is in form like lucus (lucu-), a light, lucere, be light, shine, lucidus, light) because it is not light: in allusion to the attempt of an ancient grammarian mentioned by Quintilian to derive lucus, a grove, from lucere, shine. The two words are in fact connected, lucus (like grove) being orig. an open light space in a wood.
 

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