Lūcrīnus | Lū-crīnus, a, um | Lūcrīna, ōrum | Lūcrīnensis, e (noun M.n) : with or without lacus
* The Lucrine Lake, on the coast of Campania, in the neighborhood of Baiae (now Lago Lucrino), Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 1; Hor. C. 2, 15, 3. Caesar, or, acc. to Suetonius, Augustus, connected it with Lake Avernus, and threw up dikes to ward off the waves of the sea: Lucrinoque addita claustra,Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Tac. A. 14, 5. The surrounding scenery was celebrated for its beauty: dum nos blanda tenent lascivi stagna Lucrini, Mart. 4, 57, 1: hic mihi Baiani colles mollisque Lucrinus,id. 6, 43, 5.—Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to Lake Lucrinus, Lucrine: aqua,the Lucrine Lake,Prop. 1, 11, 10: ostrea Lucrina, the Lucrine oysters, celebrated for their delicious flavor, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; cf.: Lucrinum ad saxum ... ostrea,Juv. 4, 141; called also Lucrina conchylia,Hor. Epod. 2, 49; and absol.: , , , Mart. 6, 11, 5; 12, 48, 4.—Near the lake was a temple of Venus; hence: Lucrina Venus,Stat. S. 3, 1, 150.
* Adj., Lucrine: res Puteolanae et Lucrinenses,i. e. oysters,Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1.