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

Cesar quotes “Hamlet,” as well as Emerson, Marcus Aurelius and Ovid.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

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

“Omnia mutantur,” someone says in the opera, nodding to Ovid: Everything changes.

From New York Times • May 22, 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

Her story is told in full only by the late writers Ovid and Apollodorus, but it is an old tale.

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