Lucretius

From Latin Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum (“profit”).

Lucretius

1. A male given name of mostly historical use in English.
2. Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet and philosopher.

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Possibly from lucrum (“profit”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈkreː.ti.us/, [ɫʊˈkreː.ti.ʊs]

Lucrētius m (genitive Lucrētiī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet
   2. Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus a Roman consul

Second declension.

• Lucrētia

• 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