Lucretia
Ancient virtuous wife
Lucretia is a Latin feminine name, pronounced with stress on the second syllable.
In Roman legend, Lucretia was a noblewoman whose rape by the king's son and subsequent suicide sparked the revolt that overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic.
The name appears occasionally in English-speaking countries but remains uncommon.
Lucretia was named after her great-grandmother.
Abstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
integrity · dignity · innocence · continence · propriety · decency · morality · uprightness
Latin historian of antiquity
- TarquinEtruscan-born Roman sovereign
- BrutusRoman who killed Caesar
- RepublicState without monarchy
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
Etruscan · Rome · senate · patrician · matron · stola · classical · ancient
Violent governmental overthrow
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- republicState with elected leaders
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- politicalOf government matters
symbol · founding · overthrow · rebellion · inspiration · commemoration · exemplum · virtue
Voluntary death by oneself
- rapeOilseed brassica crop
- violationBreaking of rules
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- despairTotal absence of hope
anguish · doom · fate · lamentation · mourning · sorrow · catastrophe · dagger
Famed Venetian Renaissance artist
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
- paintingPigment on canvas
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
Baroque · allegory · iconography · Shakespeare · Chaucer · heroine · literary · tableau
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
fidelity · integrity · dignity · innocence · continence · propriety · decency · morality · uprightness · respectability
Livy
Latin historian of antiquity
monarchy · Etruscan · Rome · senate · patrician · matron · stola · classical · ancient · Latin
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- republicState with elected leaders
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
political · symbol · founding · overthrow · rebellion · inspiration · commemoration · exemplum · virtue · honor
suicide
Voluntary death by oneself
despair · anguish · doom · fate · lamentation · mourning · sorrow · catastrophe · dagger · oath
Titian
Famed Venetian Renaissance artist
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
- paintingPigment on canvas
Renaissance · Baroque · allegory · iconography · Shakespeare · Chaucer · heroine · literary · tableau · portrait