Lucius

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin. rare

    "Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul."

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"The Holy Inquisition started with Pope Lucius III."

Etymology

From Latin Lūcius, a common Roman praenomen deriving from lux (“light”).

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