Lucilius

[ loo-sil-ee-uhs ]

noun

1. Ga·ius [gey, -, uh, s], c180–102? b.c., Roman satirist.

Lucilius

/ luːˈsɪlɪəs /

noun

1. LuciliusGaius?180 bc102 bcMRomanWRITING: satirist Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). ?180–102 bc , Roman satirist, regarded as the originator of poetical satire

Example Sentences

“I am far from being a tolerable person, much less a perfect one,” he admitted to his friend Lucilius, to whom the “Letters From a Stoic” are addressed.

From New York Times

“There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us,” Seneca wrote.

From New York Times

His “Letters” were written to Lucilius while the latter was undergoing what we’d now call a midlife crisis, and they brim with both affection and rigor.

From New York Times

From Lucilius and Juvenal in classical Rome to the brilliant likes of Dave Chappelle and Kate McKinnon today, satirists have delighted and challenged audiences with their pinpricks — sometimes dagger thrusts — of acid humor.

From Washington Post

There is in Don Juan something of the personal satire of Pope, and something of the whimsical mockery of Lucilius and his imitators.

From Project Gutenberg