LUCILIUS male Ancient Roman Roman family name which was a derivative of the given name LUCIUS. This was the family name of the 2nd-century BC Roman satirist Gaius Lucilius. | ||||||||||||||||||||
LUCIUS male Ancient Roman, Biblical, English Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light". This was the most popular of the praenomina. Two Etruscan kings of early Rome had this name as well as several prominent later Romans, including Lucius Annaeus Seneca (known simply as Seneca), a statesman, philosopher, orator and tragedian. The name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament belonging to a Christian in Antioch. It was also borne by three popes, including the 3rd-century Saint Lucius. Despite this, the name was not regularly used in the Christian world until after the Renaissance. |
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Lucilius |
FEMININE FORMS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Lucilia |
PORTUGUESE: Lucília |
OTHER FORMS |
ANCIENT GREEK: Loukianos |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Loukios, Lucia, Luciana, Lucianus, Lucilla, Lucius |
BASQUE: Luken |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Loukios |
BIBLICAL: Lucius |
CATALAN: Llúcia |
CROATIAN: Luca, Lucija, Lucijan |
CZECH: Lucie |
DANISH: Lucia |
DUTCH: Luus |
ENGLISH: Lucetta, Lucia, Lucian, Lucile, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucius, Lucy |
FRENCH: Luce, Lucette, Lucie, Lucien, Lucienne, Lucile, Lucille, Lucinde |
GERMAN: Lucia, Luzia |
HUNGARIAN: Luca |
ITALIAN: Luce, Lucia, Luciana, Luciano, Lucilla, Lucio |
LATVIAN: Lūcija |
LIMBURGISH: Luus |
LITERATURE: Lucinda |
LITHUANIAN: Liucija |
NORWEGIAN: Lucia |
POLISH: Łucja, Lucja, Łucjan, Lucjan, Lucjusz, Lucyna |
PORTUGUESE: Lúcia, Luciana, Luciano, Lucinda, Lúcio, Luzia |
ROMANIAN: Lucia, Lucian |
SCOTTISH: Liùsaidh |
SLOVAK: Lucia |
SLOVENE: Lucija |
SPANISH: Lucía, Luciana, Luciano, Lucila, Lucio |
SWEDISH: Lucia |
WELSH: Lleucu |