full name Titus Lucretius Carus. ?96–55 bc, Roman poet and philosopher. In his didactic poem De rerum natura, he expounds Epicurus' atomist theory of the universe
Derived forms
Lucretian (Luˈcretian)
adjective
Lucretius in American English
(luˈkriʃəs; luˈkriʃiəs)
(born Titus Lucretius Carus) 96?-55? b.c.; Rom. poet & Epicurean philosopher