Lucretius
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum (“profit”).
Proper noun edit
Lucretius
- A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.
- Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet and philosopher.
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Translations edit
male given name
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Roman poet and philosopher
Further reading edit
- “Lucretius”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from lucrum (“profit”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luˈkreː.ti.us/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkreːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈkret.t͡si.us/, [luˈkrɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun edit
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 edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lucrētius |
| Genitive | Lucrētiī Lucrētī1 |
| Dative | Lucrētiō |
| Accusative | Lucrētium |
| Ablative | Lucrētiō |
| Vocative | Lucrētī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References edit
- “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.