Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Lū^crētĭus

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1. Lū^crētĭa , daughter of Sp. Lucretius Tricipitinus, and wife of Collatinus, who, when dishonored by Sex. Tarquinius, put herself to death, and thus became the immediate cause of the expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; id. Fin. 2, 20, 66; Liv. 1, 58; Ov. F. 2, 685; Juv. 10, 293.—

2. Transf., for a chaste woman: “Lucretia toto Sis licet usque die, Laida nocte volo,” Mart. 11, 104, 21; Petr. 9, 5.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
- Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.11.4
- Caesar, Civil War, 3.7
- Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 58
- Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 59.8
- Cicero, De Legibus, 2.4
- Cicero, De Republica, 2.25
- Cicero, De Republica, 2.31
- Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.20
- Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.87
- Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 11.27
- Statius, Silvae, 2.7
- Cicero, Brutus, 48.178
- Ovid, Fasti, 2

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