Lucretia

[ loo-kree-shuh, -shee-uh ]

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noun

Also Lu·crece [] Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
a female given name.

Lucretia

/ luːˈkriːʃɪə /

(in Roman legend) a Roman woman who killed herself after being raped by a son of Tarquin the Proud

In the same passage, the story of Lucretia is told in full, on the authority of Livy, as here.

Lucretia Borgia, with all them tur'ble recordin' notches on the handle!

"Lucretia Borgia" was the high-sounding and significant name Welcome had bestowed upon an ancient revolver.

I'll git out ole Lucretia Borgia an' hike fer the mountings immediate.

She saw that Aunt Lucretia was well but simply gowned in white.

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