Lucullus

Lucullus

English

Proper noun

Lucullus

1. Lucius Licinius Lucullus, a Roman politician

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luːˈkul.lus/, [ɫ̪uːˈkʊlːʲʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈkul.lus/, [luˈkulːus]

Proper noun

Lūcullus m sg (genitive Lūcullī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Licinius Lucullus, a Roman politician
      • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, 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.

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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray