Lucan
[loo-kuh n]
- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
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Contemporary Examples
“I regard not finding Lord Lucan as my most spectacular success in journalism,” said Gibbs.
Aspinall and Goldsmith definitely had the means and the motive to help Lucan flee.
All these circumstances seem to have driven Lucan over the edge.
Aside from losing his vast fortune to Aspinall, Lucan was also estranged from his wife, Veronica.
Lucan drove 42 miles to the house of Ian and Susan Maxwell-Scott, and used their phone to call his mother.
Historical Examples
For which reason, Lucan says, that princes feared to discover the future.
The Phantom WorldAugustin Calmet
When they had rested Sir Lucan tried to rise, so as to take up the king.
King Arthur's KnightsHenry Gilbert
There were but two with him now, Lucan and his brother Bedevere.
King Arthur's KnightsHenry Gilbert
The Erichtho of Lucan is tedious, disgusting, but sometimes sublime.'
The Superstitions of WitchcraftHoward Williams
It should not surprise us that Corneille preferred Lucan to Virgil.
A History of French LiteratureEdward Dowden
Lucan1
- Latin name Marcus Annaeus Lucanus. 39–65 ad, Roman poet. His epic poem Pharsalia describes the civil war between Caesar and Pompey
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Lucan2
- of or relating to St Luke or St Luke's gospel
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