lucretian

Adjective

(comparative more Lucretian, superlative most Lucretian)

Of or pertaining to Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 BC-ca. 55 BC), Roman poet and philosopher.

Origin

Lucretius +‎ -an

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The Lucretian gens to which he belonged was one of the oldest of the great Roman houses, nor do we hear of the name, as we do of other great family names, as being diffused over other parts of Italy, or as designating men of obscure or servile origin.
He is almost Lucretian in his anger against religion which would withdraw the secret of the universe from our direct gaze.

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