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LUCRETIUS

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Overview

LUCRETIUS (noun)
  The noun LUCRETIUS has 1 sense:

1. Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)play

  Familiarity information: LUCRETIUS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LUCRETIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lucretius; Titus Lucretius Carus

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))


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