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Lucilius
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Lūcīl. abbreviation
Etymology
la
Pronunciation
Lūcīlius
Proper noun
Lūcīlius<2>
A Roman masculine la nōmen— famously held by:
Gaius Ennius Lucilius (circa 180–103/2 BC), the earliest Roman satirist and a member of the Scipionic Circle
Lucilius Bassus, a writer mentioned by Cicero as being “of no merit”
Quintus Lucilius Balbus (la floruit fl. 40 BC), en Stoic philosopher and pupil of Panaetius
Lucilius Junior (la floruit fl. AD 1st C.), procurator of Sicily during the reign of the Emperor Nero, a friend and correspondent of L. Annaeus Seneca, and the possible author of the poem Aetna
Declension
Lūcīlius<2>
Derived terms
la Lūcīliānus
Descendants
grc Λουκίλλιος 1
References
Lūcīlĭus
Lūcīlĭus 923/3
1 Lūcīlius 1,045/3
Further reading
Lucilia gens
Gaius Lucilius Gaius Ennius Lucilius en
Gaius Lucilius Gaius Ennius Lucilius la
Quintus Lucilius Balbus en
Quintus Lucilius Balbus la
Lucilius Junior
la nomina gentilia