Lucullus, a wealthy Roman, noted for his banquets and self-indulgence. On one occasion, when a superb supper had been prepared, being asked who were to be his guests, he replied, “Lucullus will sup to-night with Lucullus” (B.C. 110–57). (See Glutton, p. 431.)
Light upon Lucullus’ tables.
—Longfellow: Drinking Song.
Lucumo, a satrap, chieftain, or khedive among the ancient Etruscans. The over-king was called lars. Servius the grammarian says, “Lucumo rex sonat linguâ Etruscâ;” but it was such a king as that of Bavaria in the empire of Germany, where the king of Prussia is the lars.
Now might the burghers know,
By port and vest, by horse and crest,
Each warlike lucumo.
—Macaulay: Lays of Ancient Rome (“Horatius,” xxiii. 1842).