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English
Etymology
From Latin Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum (“profit”).
Proper noun
Lucretius
- A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.
- Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet and philosopher.
Derived terms
Translations
Roman poet and philosopher
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from lucrum (“profit”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lucrētius m sg (genitive Lucrētiī or Lucrētī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet
- Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Lucretius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lucretius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.