Etymology

Lucretius

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Today it means: A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English. Full definition →

Latin Lucretius
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  1. Latin · derived fromLucretius
  2. English todayLucretius

From Latin Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum (“profit”). Many people with the given name have no doubt been named after others so named, not necessarily after the 1st-century-BC Roman poet and philosopher.

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