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lucubre

lucubre [from misinterp. of Plautus; cf. Jan.] , (defined as) in the morning, or vigilantly. lucubro ‥ unde ‥ ~e i. mane vel vigilanter, unde Plautus in Cistellaria [45]: ‘si hec non nubat lucubre fame familia pereat’ [cf. ib. 325; edd. of Plautus: lugubri] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 308.

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