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

Epicurus and Lucretius saw the fear of death as our most debilitating fear, and they argued that we must overcome this fear if we were going to live happy lives.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

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

As she did with Lucretius, the formalist Stallings again translates into couplets, this time channeling Robert Frost’s mid-register conversational tone.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2018

In Britain, Lady Jane Grey translated Euripides and, in the 17th century, Lucy Hutchinson produced the first complete translation into English of Lucretius.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2017

In order for this to happen, however, the text of Lucretius was not enough.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton