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Lucullus

American  
[loo-kuhl-uhs] / luˈkʌl əs /

noun

  1. Lucius Licinius c110–57? b.c., Roman general and epicure.


Lucullus British  
/ luːˈkʌləs, ˌluːkʌˈlɪən /

noun

  1. Lucius Licinius (ˈluːsɪəs lɪˈsɪnɪəs). ?110–56 bc , Roman general and consul, famous for his luxurious banquets. He fought Mithradates VI (74–66)

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Other Word Forms

  • Lucullan adjective

Example Sentences

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There’s no better place to cap off a day of eating than with a visit to the outstanding Lucullus Bakery in Richmond Hill.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2016

In a stunning setting of blocks and planes, Lucullus faces a jury of five pale shades: courtesan, teacher, baker, farmer and fishwife.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sessions has never pushed performances of Lucullus or of any other work.

From Time Magazine Archive

The opera represents a courtroom trial in the afterworld, in which the newly dead Roman general Lucullus pleads his case for admission to the Elysian Fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the latter, a descendant of Lucullus, in the reign of Nero, built the original walls of the antique castle where we left Clelia and her companions.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe