Definitions

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  • noun A genus of fishes, the pikes: same as Esox.

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  • proper noun A male given name ; rather rare in English.

Etymologies

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Latin Lucius, a common Roman praenomen deriving from lux ("light").

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Examples

  • CHIEFSSRSHA says: @Lucius vorenus: "What makes your man Lucius Vorenus so morose?" ... jeffree says: Erik: ignore the haters.

    Queerty editor 2010

  • CHIEFSSRSHA says: @Lucius vorenus: "What makes your man Lucius Vorenus so morose?" ... jeffree says: Erik: ignore the haters.

    Queerty editor 2010

  • In the recollection of everybody Timon had been a father to this Lucius, had kept up his credit with his purse; Timon’s money had gone to pay the wages of his servants, to pay the hire of the labourers who had sweat to build the fine houses which Lucius’ pride had made necessary to him: yet, oh! the monster which man makes himself when he proves ungrateful! this Lucius now denied to Timon a sum, which, in respect of what Timon had bestowed on him, was less than charitable men afford to beggars.

    Timon of Athens 1878

  • It will have some serious competition, though, in Lucius Shepard's "Kirikh'quru Krokundor."

    REVIEW: Poe edited by Ellen Datlow 2009

  • Even though Lucius is one of my all-time favorite short story writers, I somehow managed to miss quite a few of the stories collected in his Best of.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2008 » November 2008

  • In "Half-Blood Prince," Dumbledore suspects that Lucius is secretly glad to be in prison after the debacle at the Ministry, where he failed to capture the fabled prophesy pertaining to Harry Potter and the Dark Lord.

    EXCLUSIVE: Jason Isaacs Reveals Secret ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Cameo » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • If Lucius is in a portrait, it will be part of a memory Harry sees in Dumbledore's pensieve or we'll get another glimpse of the Slytherin dorms, with the portrait of Lucius in Draco's room.

    EXCLUSIVE: Jason Isaacs Reveals Secret ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Cameo » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • Lucius is so old fashioned as to want to protect his entire village and most of all his blind girlfriend but he is also progressive enough to get himself stabbed halfway through and let his blind lady love heroine save him and the village instead.

    “the list” « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2007

  • Lucius is the most noble of characters, brought to life beautifully by Phoenix and Shyamalan.

    “the list” « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2007

  • Then, mounting her chariot, she bade the coachman to drive to the Forum, where, heedless of the crowd of men who had assembled, she called Lucius from the senate-house, and cried to him, in accents of triumph, "Hail to thee, King Tarquinius!"

    Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877

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