Propertius

American  

[proh-pur-shee-uhs, -shuhs] / proʊˈpɜr ʃi əs, -ʃəs /

noun

1. Sextus c50–c15 b.c., Roman poet.

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Propertius British  

/ prəˈpɜːʃɪəs, -ʃəs /

noun

1. Sextus (ˈsɛkstəs). ?50–?15 _bc , Roman elegiac poet

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Propertius

Excerpts of the work in progress were already impressing fellow-writers by the mid-twenties B.C., when the love poet Propertius wrote that “something greater than the Iliad is being born.”

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

Please remember Propertius lived circa 24 B.C., and besides, Cynthia, we are told, had yellow hair and black eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Already a prodigious classics scholar at 18, he spent his days emendating the Latin poet Propertius instead of reading the syllabus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lines of poetry, chiefly suited for lovers in dejection or triumph, are popular, and Ovid and Propertius appear to be favourites.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

They are but a return to those of my school & college days—to principles, of which I may say what Propertius said of his mistress: Cynthia prima fuit, Cynthia finis erit.

From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Frank H. Severance

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