Lucretius

American  

[loo-kree-shuhs] / luˈkri ʃəs /

noun

1. Titus Lucretius Carus, 97?–54 b.c., Roman poet and philosopher.

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Lucretius British  

/ luːˈkriːʃɪəs /

noun

1. full name Titus Lucretius Carus. ?96–55 _bc , Roman poet and philosopher. In his didactic poem De rerum natura, he expounds Epicurus' atomist theory of the universe

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Other Word Forms

• Lucretian adjective

Example Sentences

So there he is, among this philosophical elite, who share the rediscovered wisdom of such ancient authors as Plato and Lucretius, recently rediscovered in Florence.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2020

Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman: The host of the 10th Hunger Games is a “clownish” weatherman with an uncooperative, mangy parrot for his sidekick.

From Slate • May 22, 2020

In matters of philosophy, he denounced Romanticism, recovered the teachings of Lucretius, and provoked Nietzsche, Mach, James, Hilbert, and Wittgenstein.

From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2019

Spurius Lucretius, her father, came with Publius Valerius, the son of Volesus, and Conlatinus came with Lucius Junius Brutus; they had just returned to Rome when they met Lucretia’s messenger.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

Montaigne’s thinking here derives from his reading of Lucretius.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton