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Definition of: Lucretia
(l
·krē′shə, Ger. l·krā′tsē·ə)
A feminine personal name. Also Fr. Lu·crèce (lü·kres′), Ital. Lu·cre·zi·a, *Sp. Lu·cre·ci·a (l·krā′thē·ä). [<L, wealth]
—Lucretia
In Roman legend, the wife of Collatinus who killed herself after she had been violated by Sextus Tarquinius; subject of a poem by Shakespeare.
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