luctus
Luctus is a Latin noun meaning mourning, grief, or lamentation. It refers to the state or expression of sorrow in the face of death or loss and is often found in religious or literary contexts, especially poetry and funerary or elegiac writing. It is a masculine noun of the fourth declension.
The term derives from the verb lugere “to mourn” and is related to adjectives such as lugubris,
Usage of luctus encompasses personal grief, communal mourning, or ceremonial lamentation. In classical Latin, it can
Grammatical notes: As a fourth-declension noun, its typical forms include: nominative singular luctus; genitive singular luctūs;
In modern scholarly use, luctus is encountered in discussions of Latin vocabulary for grief and in translations