Talk:Lustrum
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Huh?
[edit]This is a link in the article time as the definition for a 5-year period. Is the definition given in this article another definition or is the time article missing something in the definition? — Mercer5089 2006-07-20
- The term lustrum no longer appears on the time page. It was probably removed because it is not a commonly used term. (Trivia: "lustrum" was used in the movie Rooster Cogburn (film)|Rooster Cogburn]].) — Loadmaster 23:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
- And in "The Quest of Iranon" by H. P. Lovecraft (prompting me to come to Wikipedia). 212.139.101.106 (talk) 14:32, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Well, it is a 5 year period AND a census for all roman citizens AND a sacrifice in the end of that period.--Vollbracht (talk) 19:10, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Pronunciation
[edit]rye is spoken with [ɹ] (approximant, unknown in Latin).
'lustrum' is spoken with [u] as in 'influence' (both times) -
and with [r] (vibrant, unknown in English), or perhaps with [R] (an other vibrant, unknown in English) but never ever with [ɹ]! --Vollbracht (talk) 17:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)