Casaubon

[ kuh-saw-buhn; French ka-zoh-bawn ]

noun

1. I·saac [ahy, -z, uh, k, ee-, zak], 1559–1614, French classical scholar.

Casaubon

/ kəˈsɔːbən; kazobɔ̃ /

noun

1. CasaubonIsaac15591614MFrenchRELIGION: theologianHISTORY: classical scholar Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar

Example Sentences

Maybe this is hope for authors: you can start out a Casaubon, but you have to become a Sebald.

From The Daily Beast

Isaac Casaubon, a celebrated Swiss critic and theologian, died at London.

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The fourth and fifth editions, which do not essentially differ, were published in 1587 and 1620, by Isaac Casaubon.

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The Grecians, says Casaubon, had formerly done the same, in the persons of their petulant Satyrs.

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And here it will be proper to give the definition of the Greek satyric poem from Casaubon, before I leave this subject.

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But more particularly they were joined to the Atellane fables, says Casaubon; which were plays invented by the Osci.

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