Ennius

American  

[en-ee-uhs] / ˈɛn i əs /

noun

1. Quintus 239–169? b.c., Roman poet.

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Ennius British  

/ ˈɛnɪəs /

noun

1. Quintus (ˈkwɪntəs). 239–169 _bc , Roman epic poet and dramatist

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Example Sentences

Even in the time of Cicero, Ennius was believed to be buried in the tomb of the Scipios.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

The gastronomic treatise, which Ennius afterwards translated into Latin, was the work of Archestratus of Gela.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

The powerful impulse given to Roman tragedy by Ennius was sustained till about the beginning of the first century b.c., first by his nephew M. Pacuvius and after him by L. Accius.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

In his Hecuba, also, and probably in his Iphigenia, Ennius made free use of the dramas founded on the same subjects by Euripides.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Ennius, like Lucretius, seems to deny the providence of the gods.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.