Lucullus
English
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luːˈkul.lus/, [ɫ̪uːˈkʊlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈkul.lus/, [luˈkulːus]
Proper noun
Lūcullus m sg (genitive Lūcullī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus, a Roman politician
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “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.
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus, a Roman politician
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lūcullus |
| Genitive | Lūcullī |
| Dative | Lūcullō |
| Accusative | Lūcullum |
| Ablative | Lūcullō |
| Vocative | Lūculle |
Derived terms
- Lūcullānus
- Lūculleus
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
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