Lucretia

American  

[loo-kree-shuh, -shee-uh] / lʊˈkri ʃə, -ʃi ə /

noun

1. Roman Legend. Also Lucrece a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.

2. a female given name.

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Lucretia British  

/ luːˈkriːʃɪə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

As Lucretia, domina of the House of Batiatus, Lawless’ Capuan noblewoman was barred from participating in politics.

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Women like Lucretia set apart “Spartacus” in all versions from other modern fantasies of antiquity, including Scott’s moribund 2024 sequel “Gladiator II.”

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In Lucretia’s Rome – or, rather, Capua – we’re invited to marvel at the women wielding influence from the shadows.

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Few, if any, poems exist hailing the fortitude of Roman women like Lucretia and her equivalent in “House of Ashur,” Claudia Black’s Cossutia.

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Throughout the first three seasons of “Spartacus,” however, Lawless’ Lucretia demonstrates that she knows her worth – although in this pitiless world, she behaves as the opposite of what some today would characterize as “a girl’s girl.”

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