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Lutetia (also ''Lutetia Parisiorum'' in Latin, ''Lukotekia'' before, in French ''Lutèce'') was a town in pre-Roman and Roman Gaul. The Gallo-Roman city was a forerunner of the re-established Merovingian town that is the ancestor of present-day Paris. ==Eponymy== The city was referred to as "Λουκοτοκία" by Strabon, "Λευκοτεκία" by Ptolemeus and "Lutetia" by Julius Caesar. The origin of this name is uncertain. The name may contain the Celtic root '' *luco-t-'', which means "mouse" and ''-ek(t)ia'', meaning "the mice" and which can be found today in the Breton word ''logod'', the Welsh ''llygod'', and the Irish ''luch''.〔''La langue gauloise'', Pierre-Yves Lambert, éditions errance 1994.〕 Alternatively, it may derive from another Celtic root, ''luto-'' or ''luteuo-'', which means "marsh" or "swamp" and which survives today in the Gaelic ''loth'' ("marsh") and the Breton ''loudour'' ("dirty").〔''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'', Xavier Delamarre, éditions errance 2003.〕 As such, it would be related to other place names in Europe including ''Lutudarum'' (Derbyshire, England); Lodève (''Luteua'') and Ludesse (France); and ''Lutitia'' (Germany). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lutetia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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