I.a family name in the gens Licinia. The most celebrated is L. Licinius Lucullus, the conqueror of Mithridates, famous for his great wealth and luxury, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20 sq.; id. Ac. 2, 1 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 40; 2, 2, 26 saep.—Hence,
A. Lūcullānus , a, um, adj., Lucullan: “ager,” Front. Aquaed. 5: “carinae,” the fleet of Mithridates, defeated by Lucullus, Sid. Carm. 2, 54.—
B. Lūcullēus , a, um, adj., Lucullan: “marmor,” a sort of marble found on an island in the Nile, and of which Lucullus was particularly fond, Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6; 36, 6, 8, § 49: “lancea,” Suet. Dom. 10—
C. Lūculliānus , a, um, adj., Lucullan: “horti,” Tac. A. 11, 32: “villa,” Suet. Tib. 73; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 and 13.
