A female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
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lucretia
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lucretia.
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This is a comment from Lucretia Pruitt from CDixon's original entry.
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A female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lucretia.
noun
A female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
Example sentences
This is a comment from Lucretia Pruitt from CDixon's original entry.
My computers and server are named: endgame, vortex, breakpoint, lucretia, hangar18, shewolf Megadeth song names.
Other kinds of very-low-bit-rate telecommunications messages that are still extremely valuable: "Lucretia gravely ill.
However, the solution was not to avoid teaching about The Rape of Lucretia.
Oh yes, I forgot about Lucretia, that was actually the only other one I know about.
It's my belief that skilled politicians equate the Edward Snowden revelations and the fears he has of losing his life to that of the "rape of Lucretia" in Ancient Rome.
Lucretia, according to sources including Livy, explicitly wasn't killed.
I thought for sure this would be about Lucretia.
Primarily "ChupChup" or his plural counterparts, "chupchups", or also "Lucretia", the statuesque goth woman wearing "boots of the deepest black".
All of this has gone over the public's head because a real life example wasn't involved - BUT - when Edward Snowden, a real person said, "I may be killed for telling you all of this" and then abandoned a sweet paycheck because he couldn't live with myself if he didn't that got people's attention much like the aforementioned rape and suicide of Lucretia in ancient Rome.
For example, on returning to the United States in the late 1860s from England, where he had been American Consul, George Makepeace Towle noted how “Lucretia Borgia and Faust,The Barber of Seville and Don Giovanni are everywhere popular; you may hear their airs in the drawing room and concert halls, as well as whistled by the street boys and ground out on the hand organs” (quoted in Levine, 1988: 99–100).
Quote examples
Other kinds of very-low-bit-rate telecommunications messages that are still extremely valuable: "Lucretia gravely ill.
It's my belief that skilled politicians equate the Edward Snowden revelations and the fears he has of losing his life to that of the "rape of Lucretia" in Ancient Rome.
Primarily "ChupChup" or his plural counterparts, "chupchups", or also "Lucretia", the statuesque goth woman wearing "boots of the deepest black".
All of this has gone over the public's head because a real life example wasn't involved - BUT - when Edward Snowden, a real person said, "I may be killed for telling you all of this" and then abandoned a sweet paycheck because he couldn't live with myself if he didn't that got people's attention much like the aforementioned rape and suicide of Lucretia in ancient Rome.
Proper noun examples
However, the solution was not to avoid teaching about The Rape of Lucretia.
Oh yes, I forgot about Lucretia, that was actually the only other one I know about.
Lucretia, according to sources including Livy, explicitly wasn't killed.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use lucretia in a sentence?
This is a comment from Lucretia Pruitt from CDixon's original entry.
What does lucretia mean?
A female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
What part of speech is lucretia?
lucretia is commonly used as noun.