Lucretius

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lucretius

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

Derived terms

• Lucret
• Lucretian

Related terms

• Lucretia

Translations

male given name

• Italian: Lucrezio (it) m
• Polish: Lukrecjusz m
• Portuguese: Lucrécio
• Spanish: Lucrecio m

Roman poet and philosopher

• French: Lucrèce (fr) m
• Italian: Lucrezio (it) m
• Polish: Lukrecjusz m
• Spanish: Lucrecio m

Further reading

• “Lucretius”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from lucrum (“profit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈkreː.ti.us/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkreːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈkret.t͡si.us/, [luˈkrɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Lucrētius m sg (genitive Lucrētiī or Lucrētī); 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

Declension

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).

Derived terms

• Lucrētia

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.