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

The poetic successor of Ennius was his nephew, Pacuvius.

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.

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.

It is interesting to note that the Latin poet Ennius, as reported by Cicero, called the heroic metre of one line versum longum, to distinguish it from the brevity of lyrical measures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Ennius was esteemed a greater poet than Virgil, and Cato a greater prose writer than Cicero.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole