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lucius

/ˈluʃəs/

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What does lucius mean?

proper noun

  1. (rare) A male given name from Latin.

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/ˈluʃəs/

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The second blow was claimed, as though it had been a deed to be proud of, by Lucius Rufus.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
When at last Lucius Wilson was announced, Alexander sprang eagerly to his feet and hurried to meet his old instructor.
Willa CatherAlexander's BridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #94
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Pliny pretends to have seen Lucius Cossitius, who from a woman was turned into a man upon her very wedding-day.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
She undid it, freed her thin shoulders, and saw herself a bride in low-necked satin, walking down an aisle with Lucius Harney.
Edith WhartonSummerProject Gutenberg ebook #166
My father, the Lucius Junius Brutus of his race, ordered me to marry her within a week, or perish ignominiously on the scaffold.
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808