Catullus

[ kuh-tuhl-uhs ]

/ kəˈtʌl əs /

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noun

Ga·ius Va·le·ri·us

[gey-uhs vuh-leer-ee-uhs], /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-uhn], /kəˈtʌl i ən/, adjective

Words nearby Catullus

Catton, cat-train, catty, catty-cornered, cattywampus, Catullus, CATV, catwalk, cat whisker, catworm, cat yawl

How to use Catullus in a sentence

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
Catullus bitterly complains of the selfishness of Memmius, who had kept for himself all the plunder of Bithynia.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
It had no resemblance to the seducing voluptuousness of Ovid, any more than the elegant indecencies of Catullus.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various
Perhaps the best thing in this world is youth, and the poetry of Catullus is its very incarnation.
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins

Burns had the richer nature and was the greater as a man; Catullus was the more accomplished artist.
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
But on the other hand, Catullus is the least didactic of poets.
The Roman Poets of the Republic|William Young Sellar

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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