FABIUS MAXIMUS

Meaning of FABIUS MAXIMUS in English

/fay"bee euhs mak"seuh meuhs/ , ( Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ) (" Cunctator ")

275-203 B.C., Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.

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FABIUS MAXIMUS — n. Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (275-203 B.C.), Roman general and statesman who won the battle against Hannibal in the Second …
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FABIUS MAXIMUS — Максим Фабий
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FABIUS — biographical name died 203 B.C. Quintus ~ Maximus Verrucosus
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MAXIMUS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Maximus the Greek {{link=Planudes Maximus">Planudes Maximus
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MAXIMUS — ˈmaksəməs adjective Etymology: Latin, greatest, largest : of or being a system of ringing changes on a set of twelve …
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FABIUS — n. male first name (Latin)
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FABIUS — biographical name died 203 B.C. Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunc·ta·tor ˌkəŋk-ˈtā-tər Roman general against Hannibal
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MAXIMUS — Maximus, m\~ BrE AmE ˈmæks ɪm əs -əm-
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FABIUS — Fabius BrE AmE ˈfeɪb i‿əs
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MAXIMUS — Fabius Maximus Cunctator Quintus Maximus the Greek Planudes Maximus
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FABIUS — Classification: Village Located in: New York (NY) Total Population (2000): 355 Total Housing Units (2000): 137 Land Area (square meters): …
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MAXIMUS — BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR
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MAXIMUS — старший (из трёх братьев - учащихся одной школы; ставится после фамилии, напр., Smith maximus или Smith max.; ср. (minimus); см. …
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FABIUS — Фабии
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MAXIMUS — старший (из трёх братьев - учащихся одной школы; ставится после фамилии, напр., Smith maximus или Smith max.; ср. minimus; см. …
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PLANUDES, MAXIMUS — orig. Manuel Planudes born 1260, Nicomedia, Byzantine Empire died с 1310, Constantinople Greek Orthodox scholar, anthologist, and polemicist. He established …
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FABIUS MAXIMUS CUNCTATOR, QUINTUS — died 203 BC Roman commander and statesman. He served as consul in 233 BC (an office he would hold five …
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FABIAN
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LAURENT FABIUS — n. (born 1946) French politician
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PONTIFEX MAXIMUS — [ 'maksɪməs ] ■ noun 1》 (in ancient Rome) the head of the principal college of priests. 2》 (in the …
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VALERIUS MAXIMUS — flourished AD 20 Roman historian and moralist who wrote an important book of historical anecdotes for the use of rhetoricians. …
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PUPIENUS MAXIMUS — born 164 died 238, Rome in full Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Roman coemperor with Balbinus for a few months of …
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MAXIMUS, PETRONIUS — born 396 died May 31, 455, Rome Western Roman emperor from March 17 to May 31, 455. He was not …
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MAXIMUS, MAGNUS — died Aug. 28, 388 usurping Roman emperor who ruled Britain, Gaul, and Spain from AD 383 to 388. A Spaniard …
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MAXIMUS THE GREEK — born 1480, rta, Greece died 1556, near Moscow also called Maximus The Hagiorite Greek Orthodox monk, Humanist scholar, and linguist, …
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MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR, SAINT — born c. 580, , Constantinople died Aug. 13, 662, Lazica the most important Byzantine theologian of the 7th century, whose …
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FABIUS PICTOR, QUINTUS — flourished c. 200 BC one of the first Roman prose historians. A member of the Senate, he fought against the …
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FABIUS MAXIMUS CUNCTATOR, QUINTUS — died 203 BC Roman commander and statesman whose cautious delaying tactics (whence the surname Cunctator, meaning delayer) during the early …
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FABIUS AMBUSTUS, QUINTUS — flourished 4th century BC Roman politician and commander who, according to tradition, was responsible for the sack of Rome by …
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13063 — State: NEW YORK City: FABIUS
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QUINTILIAN — biographical name circa A.D. 35- circa 100 Marcus Fabius ~us Roman rhetorician
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FABIAN — adjective Date: 1638 1. of, relating to, or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus known for …
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QUINTUS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Quintus Horatius Flaccus Quintus Caepio Brutus Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Ennius Quintus Fabius …
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QUINTILIAN — Latin Marcus Fabius Quintilianus born AD 35, Calagurris Nassica, Hispania Tarraconensis died after 96, Rome Latin teacher and writer. Quintilian …
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PUNIC WARS — or Carthaginian Wars Three wars (264–241 BC, 218–201, 149–146) between Rome and Carthage . The first concerned control of Sicily …
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MARCUS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Marcus Cocceius Nerva Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Agrippa …
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HANNIBAL — born 247 BC, North Africa died с183–181 BC, Libyssa, Bithynia Carthaginian general, one of the great military leaders of antiquity. …
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GRATIAN — Latin in full Flavius Gratianus Augustus born 359, Sirmium, Pannonia died Aug. 25, 383, Lugdunum, Lugdunensis Roman emperor (r. 367–83). …
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ELEPHANT — I Any of three ungulate species in the order Proboscidea (family Elephantidae), characterized by their large size, long trunk, tusks, …
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DICKINSON, JOHN — born Nov. 8, 1732, Talbot county, Md. died Feb. 14, 1808, Wilmington, Del., U.S. American statesman. He represented Pennsylvania at …
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MAXIM — ˈmaksə̇m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English maxime, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin maxima, from Latin, feminine of …
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FABIAN — (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a …
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QUINTILIAN — /kwin til"yeuhn, -ee euhn/ , n. ( Marcus Fabius Quintilianus ) A.D. c35-c95, Roman rhetorician.
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FABIAN — /fay"bee euhn/ , adj. 1. seeking victory by delay and harassment rather than by a decisive battle as in the …
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ELEPHANT — — elephantoid , adj. /el"euh feuhnt/ , n. , pl. elephants , ( esp. collectively ) elephant for 1. 1. …
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FABIAN — adj. preferring to delay or avoid rather than to directly confront (after the Roman general Fabius Maximus); of the Fabian …
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QUINTILIAN — biographical name circa A.D. 35- circa 100 Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Roman rhetorician
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FABIAN — adjective Date: 1638 1. a. : of, relating to, or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus …
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FABIAN — add. ·adj of or pertaining to the roman gens fabia. 2. fabian ·add. ·noun a member of, or sympathizer with, …
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FABIAN — [ 'feɪbɪən ] ■ noun a member or supporter of the ~ Society, an organization of socialists aiming to achieve …
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PROBOSCIDEAN — Indian elephant (Elephas maximus). African elephant (Loxodonta africana). (order Proboscidea), member of a mammalian order that contains the largest living …
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PONTIFEX — ( (Latin: "bridge builder"), ) plural Pontifices, member of a council of priests in ancient Rome. The college, or collegium, …
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HOGFISH — any of certain species of fishes in the wrasse family, Labridae (order Perciformes). Although representatives of the family are found …
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GLUTEUS MUSCLE — any of the large, fleshy muscles of the buttocks, stretching from the back portion of the pelvic girdle (hipbone) down …
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ELEPHANT — Indian elephant (Elephas maximus). African elephant (Loxodonta africana). either of two species, Elephas maximus, the Indian elephant, and Loxodonta africana, …
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VALENTINIAN II — born 371, Treveri, Belgica died May 15, 392, Vienna [modern Vienne], Viennensis Latin in full Flavius Valentinianus Roman emperor from …
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PRISCILLIAN — born c. 340, , Spain died 385, Trier, Belgica, Gaul [now in Germany] early Christian bishop who was the first …
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LEPIDUS, MARCUS AEMILIUS — died 152 BC Roman statesman who held the highest offices of the republic. As ambassador to Greece, Syria, and Egypt …
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BALBINUS, DECIMUS CAELIUS CALVINUS — died 238 Roman emperor in 238. A patrician, Balbinus was a Salian priest, twice a consul, and proconsul in Asia. …
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ABOLISH — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES abolish slavery (= officially end it ) ▪ attempts to abolish slavery COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
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ГИГАНТСКАЯ АКУЛА — 1) (Cetorhinus maximus) homer 2) (Cetorhinus) basking shark 3) (Cetorhinus maximus) great basking shark 4) (Cetorhinus maximus) oil shark
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