Erasmus
[ih-raz-muh s]
- Des·i·de·ri·us [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/, 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
- a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “beloved.”
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Examples from the Web for erasmus
Contemporary Examples
She gives no nods to the Humanists, like Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Erasmus, or Descartes.
Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.
At any of the participating universities, the ERASMUS parties are reputed to be the most multicultural and exciting.
Historical Examples
Now, most educated men are for tolerance, and see as Erasmus saw.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
I have also given Erasmus of Rotterdam a Passion engraved in copper.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
It does not move us until we know that it is an illustration of Erasmus's Christian Knight.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
We can but regret that Erasmus has not saved us something fuller than this hint.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
Erasmus had asked Ægidius to assist Holbein's success in any way he could.
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Erasmus
- Desiderius (ˌdɛzɪˈdɪərɪəs), real name Gerhard Gerhards. ?1466–1536, Dutch humanist, the leading scholar of the Renaissance in northern Europe. He published the first Greek edition of the New Testament in 1516; his other works include the satirical Encomium Moriae (1509); Colloquia (1519), a series of dialogues; and an attack on the theology of Luther, De Libero Arbitrio (1524)
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Word Origin and History for erasmus
Erasmus
masc. proper name, Latin, literally "beloved;" related to Greek erasmios "lovely, pleasant," from eran "to love" (see Eros).
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