PETRONIUS

Meaning of PETRONIUS in English

/pi troh"nee euhs/ , n.

Gaius /gay"euhs/ , ( Gaius Petronius Arbiter ) (" Arbiter Elegantiae" ), died A.D. 66?, Roman satirist.

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PETRONIUS — biographical name died A.D. 66 in full probably Titus ~ Niger Roman satirist, Petronian adjective
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PETRONIUS — biographical name died A.D. 66 in full probably Titus Petronius Niger Roman satirist • Pe·tro·ni·an -nē-ən adjective
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PETRONIUS — Petronius BrE AmE pɪ ˈtrəʊn i‿əs pə-, pe- AmE \ -ˈtroʊn-
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PETRONIUS — Петроний Арбитр
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PETRONIUS — Pronunciation: p ə - ' tr ō -n ē - ə s Function: biographical name d A.D. 66 in full …
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PETRONIUS ARBITER, GAIUS — orig. Titus Petronius Niger died AD 66 Roman writer. Of a noble family, Petronius belonged to a class of idle …
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PETRONIUS ARBITER, GAIUS — died AD 66 original name Titus Petronius Niger reputed author of the Satyricon, a literary portrait of Roman society 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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PETRONIUS ARBITER, GAIUS — n. orig. Titus Petronius Niger died AD 66 Roman writer. Of a noble family, Petronius belonged to a class of …
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PETRONIAN — adjective see: Petronius
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TITUS — I in full Titus Vespasianus Augustus orig. Titus Flavius Vespasianus born Dec. 30, AD 39 died Sept. 13, 81 Roman …
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SILVER AGE — In Latin literature, the period from с AD 18 to 133, second only to the preceding Golden Age in literary …
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NIGER — I officially Republic of Niger Country, western Africa, on the southern edge of the Sahara . Area: 459,073 sq mi …
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GAIUS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Gaius Caesar Germanicus Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus Gaius Sallustius Crispus …
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PETRONIAN — pə̇.ˈtrōnēən, -nyən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Gaius Petroni us, 1st century A.D. Roman director of entertainments at Nero's court …
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SATYRICON — /sa tir"i kon'/ , n. a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century A.D. by Petronius, extant …
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PETRONIAN — see Petronius
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NOVEL — an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience usually through a …
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SILVER AGE — in Latin literature, the period from approximately AD 18 to 133, which was a time of marked literary achievement second …
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SATYRICON — (1st century AD), comic, picaresque novel attributed to Petronius Arbiter (q.v.).
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ROMANCE LANGUAGES — Figure 2: Distribution of Romance languages in Europe. group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times …
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NUBIA — ancient region in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River valley (near the first cataract in Upper Egypt) eastward …
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MILESIAN TALE — Latin Milesia Fabula, in the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, a brief erotic or picaresque tale of romantic adventure. …
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FRY, CHRISTOPHER — born Dec. 18, 1907, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. original name Christopher Harris British writer of verse plays. Fry adopted his mother's …
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BARCLAY, JOHN — born Jan. 28, 1582, Pont--Mousson, near Nancy, Fr. died Aug. 15, 1621, Rome Scottish satirist and Latin poet whose Argenis …
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AVITUS — died 456 in full Flavius Maccilius Eparchus Avitus Western Roman emperor (455456). Born of a distinguished Gallic family, Avitus was …
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