Licus

From earlier Lech, Lecha, from Late Latin Licca, from Latin Likias, Likios, from the Celtic tribe name Licates, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (“flat stone”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kus/, [ˈlʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kus/, [ˈliːkus]

View of the river

Licus m sg (genitive Licī); second declension

1. A river of Vindelicia that flows into the Danubius, now the Lech

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Licus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Vindelicia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Wolf-Armin Frhr. v. Reitzenstein: Lexikon bayerischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung. C.H.Beck, Munich 2006