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  • Greek satirist. His two major works, Dialogues of the Gods and Dialogues of the Dead, ridicule Greek philosophy and mythology.

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  • proper noun A sophist who was of Syrian origin.
  • proper noun A male given name, rare in the English-speaking world.

Etymologies

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Latin Lucianus, either a derivative of the Roman praenomen Lucius, from lux ("light"); or from Ancient Greek Λουκιανός, of obscure meaning.

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