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English
Proper noun
Lucullus
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus, a Roman politician
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lūcullus m sg (genitive Lūcullī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus, a Roman politician
1837, L E L, “The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 36:Sir Robert's villa would have done honour to Lucullus, who has always appeared to me the most thoroughbred gentleman of antiquity.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Lucullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lucullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lucullus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray