Ovid

American  

[ov-id] / ˈɒv ɪd /

noun

1. Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 b.c.–a.d. 17?, Roman poet.

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Ovid British  

/ ˈɒvɪd, ɒˈvɪdɪən /

noun

1. Latin name Publius Ovidius Naso. 43 _bc –?17 _ad , Roman poet. His verse includes poems on love, Ars Amatoria, on myths, Metamorphoses, and on his sufferings in exile, Tristia

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Ovid Cultural  

1. An ancient Roman poet; author of the Metamorphoses and The Art of Love.

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Other Word Forms

• Ovidian
  adjective

Example Sentences

There are epigraphs from Ovid, Herman Melville and Shakespeare; when one from Cormac McCarthy's The Road appears at the top of another chapter, it feels almost inevitable.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2023

In a series of works, Ovid, a poet during the reign of Augustus, lamented his own exile to a city on the Black Sea.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Or that Jeremy Levin, CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, called the ruling “one of the greatest threats to drug approvals in the last 50 years.”

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2023

Jeanne’s great-grandfather worked on a failed 1898 effort to dig a canal from Ovid.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2022

The entire story is told by both Ovid and Apollodorus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton