Robert Browning, The Return of the Druses, i.
Luath (2 syl.), Cuthulin’s “swift-footed hound.”—Ossian, Fingal, ii.
Fingal had a dog called “Luath” and another called “Bran.”
In Robert Burns’ poem, called The Twa Dogs, the poor man’s dog, which represents the peasantry, is called “Luath” and the gentleman’s dog is “Cæsar.”
Lucan (Sir), sometimes called “Sir Lucas,” butler of King Arthur, and a knight of the Round Table.—Sir T. Malory, History of Prince Arthur (“Lucan,” ii. 160; “Lucas,” ii. 78; 1470).
Lucasta, whom Richard Lovelace celebrates, was Lucy Sacheverell. (Lucycasta or Lux casta, “chaste light.”)
Lucentio, son of Vicentio of Pisa. He marries Bianca, sister of Katharina, “the Shrew” of Padua.—Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew (1594).
Lucetta, waiting-woman of Julia, the lady-love of Proteus (one of the heroes of the play).—Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).
Lu´cia, daughter of Lucius (one of the friends of Cato at Utica, and a member of the mimic senate). Lucia was loved by both the sons of Cato, but she preferred the more temperate Porcius to the vehement Marcus. Marcus being slain, left the field open to the elder brother.—Addison, Cato (1713).
Lucia, in The Cheats of Scapin, Otway’s version of Les Fourberies de Scapin, by Molière. Lucia, in Molière’s comedy, is called “Zerbinette;” her father, Thrifty, is called “Argante;” her brother, Octavian, is “Octave;” and her sweetheart, Leander, son of Gripe, is called by Molière, “Léandre, son of Géronte” (2 syl.).