Catullus

[ kuh-tuhl-uh s ]

/ kəˈtʌl əs /

noun

Ga·ius Va·le·ri·us

[gey-uh s vuh-leer-ee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs vəˈlɪər i əs/,84?–54? b.c., Roman poet.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Catullus

Ca·tul·li·an

[kuh-tuhl-ee-uh n] /kəˈtʌl i ən/, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for catullus

Roman poets such as Catullus and Ovid celebrated the kiss and members of the populace were avid mouth-to-mouth practitioners.
The History of Kissing|Sheril Kirshenbaum|February 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Burns had the richer nature and was the greater as a man; Catullus was the more accomplished artist.
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
These, I think, were the most remarkable of the Catullus poems he showed me, though of course there were others.
Tennyson and His Friends|Various
This is more tender in feeling than any poem by Catullus or Tibullus.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times|Alfred Biese

How much of Lucretius (or Petronius or Catullus, before cited) was then known?
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor
The authors of their predilection were Catullus, Propertius, and Tibullus.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7)|John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for catullus

Catullus

/ (kəˈtʌləs) /

noun

Gaius Valerius (ˈɡaɪəs vəˈlɪərɪəs). ?84–?54 bc, Roman lyric poet, noted particularly for his love poems

Derived forms of Catullus

Catullan (kəˈtʌlən), adjective

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