a. (With capital L.) [ad. L. Lūcrīn-us.] The designation of a lake near Baiæ in Campania, and of the oysters (highly esteemed by the Romans) which were procured from it.
a. 1637. B. Jonson, Praises Country Life, 49. Not Lucrine Oysters I could then more prize.
1835. Penny Cycl., III. 168/1. The Lucrine Lake was filled up by an eruption.
