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Lucius
Lucius,
1. a mythical king of Britain, supposed to have been the first to receive Christianity: see Spenser, The Faerie Queene (ii. x. 53); 2. Lucius (Iberius) is the Roman Emperor who demands tribute from King Arthur who makes war on Rome; in Malory's Morte D'Arthur he is slain by Arthur, in other versions by Gawain. In Geoffrey of Monmouth's History he is slain by an unknown hand. 3. Brutus's page in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, 4. a character in his Timon of Athens; 5. a character in his Titus Andronicus; 6. in his Cymbeline, Caius Lucius is ‘General of the Roman Forces’. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lucius." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lucius." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Lucius.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lucius." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Lucius.html |
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Lucius
Lucius ♂ Old Roman given name, probably ultimately a derivative of Latin lux ‘light’. This is occasionally used as a given name in the English-speaking world, especially in America, but it is not as common as its feminine counterpart, Lucia. Lucius was the name of two early Christians mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 13:1; Romans 16:21), and it was also borne by three popes.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Lucius." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Lucius." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Lucius.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Lucius." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Lucius.html |
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Lucius
Lucius. In legend, the first Christian king of Britain. According to an early form of the story, Lucius asked Pope Eleutherus (174–89) for Christian teachers to be sent to Britain, and he, together with many of his subjects, received Baptism at their hands. The story was later much embellished.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lucius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lucius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Lucius.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lucius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Lucius.html |
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Lucius
Lucius The name of two Jewish Christians in the early Church: (1) A prophet and teacher from Cyrene; (Acts 13: 1). (2) A companion of Paul in Corinth (Rom. 16: 21).
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Lucius." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Lucius." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Lucius.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Lucius." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Lucius.html |
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Lucius
Lucius in the New Testament. 1 Christian teacher at Antioch, a Cyrenian. 2 Christian at Rome. |
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"Lucius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lucius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lucius.html "Lucius." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lucius.html |
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Lucius
Lucius •Bierce, fierce, Pearce, Peirce, pierce, tierce
•Fabius, scabious
•Eusebius
•amphibious, Polybius
•dubious • Thaddeus • compendious
•radius • tedious
•fastidious, hideous, insidious, invidious, perfidious
•Claudius
•commodious, melodious, odious
•studious • Cepheus
•Morpheus, Orpheus
•Pelagius • callipygous • Vitellius
•alias, Sibelius, Vesalius
•Aurelius, Berzelius, contumelious, Cornelius, Delius
•bilious, punctilious, supercilious
•coleus • Julius • nucleus • Equuleus
•abstemious
•Ennius, Nennius
•contemporaneous, cutaneous, extemporaneous, extraneous, instantaneous, miscellaneous, Pausanias, porcellaneous, simultaneous, spontaneous, subcutaneous
•genius, heterogeneous, homogeneous, ingenious
•consanguineous, ignominious, Phineas, sanguineous
•igneous, ligneous
•Vilnius
•acrimonious, antimonious, ceremonious, erroneous, euphonious, felonious, harmonious, parsimonious, Petronius, sanctimonious, Suetonius
•Apollonius • impecunious
•calumnious • Asclepius • impious
•Scorpius
•copious, Gropius, Procopius
•Marius • pancreas • retiarius
•Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious
•Atreus
•delirious, Sirius
•vitreous
•censorious, glorious, laborious, meritorious, notorious, uproarious, uxorious, vainglorious, victorious
•opprobrious
•lugubrious, salubrious
•illustrious, industrious
•cinereous, deleterious, imperious, mysterious, Nereus, serious, Tiberius
•curious, furious, injurious, luxurious, penurious, perjurious, spurious, sulphureous (US sulfureous), usurious
•Cassius, gaseous
•Alcaeus • Celsius
•Theseus, Tiresias
•osseous, Roscius
•nauseous
•caduceus, Lucius
•Perseus • Statius • Propertius
•Deo gratias • plenteous • piteous
•bounteous
•Grotius, Photius, Proteus
•beauteous, duteous
•courteous, sestertius
•Boethius, Prometheus
•envious • Octavius
•devious, previous
•lascivious, niveous, oblivious
•obvious
•Vesuvius, Vitruvius
•impervious, pervious
•aqueous • subaqueous • obsequious
•Dionysius
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"Lucius." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lucius." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Lucius.html "Lucius." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Lucius.html |
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