Lepidus

[ lep-i-duhs ]

noun

1. Marcus Ae·mil·i·us [ee-, mil, -ee-, uh, s], died 13 b.c., Roman politician: member of the second triumvirate.

Lepidus

/ ˈlɛpɪdəs /

noun

1. LepidusMarcus Aemilius?13 bcMRomanPOLITICS: statesman Marcus Aemilius (ˈmɑːkəs iːˈmɪlɪəs). died ?13 bc , Roman statesman: formed the Second Triumvirate with Octavian (later Augustus) and Mark Antony

Example Sentences

And while Alfred Walker and Hadleigh Adams are both firm as aides to the Roman rulers, the bass-baritone Philip Skinner, as Lepidus, is alone in the cast in his ability to sing both richly and with perfectly intelligible diction.

From New York Times

Ciao, Lepidus, it’s time for Octavian and Mark Antony to battle out the rest of this one.

From The Guardian

It is in this sense that the authors describe T. lepidus as a 'living' cellular automaton.

From Nature

In one species of lizard, Timon lepidus, the colour and pattern of its scales evolve in a manner akin to a discrete rule-based computation called a cellular automaton.

From Nature

The authors follow this convention, but with a key difference: they show that the boundaries between T. lepidus scales constrict during morphogenesis, and argue that this creates partial barriers to the diffusion of cells and chemicals between adjoining scales.

From Nature