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Lucilian

Lucilian adjective: of or pertaining to the Ancient Roman poet Lucilius Junior.

Adjective

Lucilian (comparative more Lucilian, superlative most Lucilian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Roman poet Lucilius Junior.

Forms of Lucilian

comparativemore Lucilian
superlativemost Lucilian

Origin of Lucilian

From Latin lūciliānus, from Lūcīlius + -ānus.

Questions about Lucilian

What does Lucilian mean?
Lucilian means of or pertaining to the Ancient Roman poet Lucilius Junior.
What part of speech is Lucilian?
Lucilian is an adjective.

Words near Lucilian in the dictionary

  1. lucigenin
  2. lucigens
  3. lucigraph
  4. lucigraphs
  5. Lucile
  6. Lucilian
  7. Lucilla
  8. Lucille
  9. lucimeter
  10. lucimeters
  11. lucimycin

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