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Lucanus may refer to:
- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Roman poet
- Lucanus (genus), genus of beetles
- Friedrich von Lucanus (1869–1947), ornithologist
- Jan Lucanus, comic book writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur
Lucanus is a genus of stag beetles ( Lucanidae).
Usage examples of "lucanus".
And accordingly Ocellus Lucanus, the Disciple of Pythagoras, held that the principal cause of all sublunary effects resided in the Zodiac, and that from it flowed the good or bad influences of the planets that revolved therein.
Now Paul and his traveling companion, a Gentile physician named Lucanus, easily forgot the terrors of their voyage from Palestine, which had ended in shipwreck on the coast of Malta, winter there, and transfer to the ship that had brought them to Puteoli.
Annaeus Lucanus is henceforth and forever proscribed from poetical or literary production or publication, and is forbidden to plead causes or cases or to participate in readings, forensic contests, competitions, games, or public occasions of any sort whatsoever.
When the Emperor left, his Minister, von Lucanus, who was with him, held out his hand to the old Prince.
Doctrine of Lucanus one of the most ancient and widely accepted, 654-l.