Erasmus

[ih-raz-muh s]

noun

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 of erasmus

She gives no nods to the Humanists, like Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Erasmus, or Descartes.
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Katie Baker
November 8, 2014
Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.
Deconstructing David Brat’s ‘Scholarship’
Candida Moss
June 12, 2014
At any of the participating universities, the ERASMUS parties are reputed to be the most multicultural and exciting.
"Perugia Is Not for the Weak"
Barbie Latza Nadeau
March 22, 2010

Historical Examples of erasmus

Now, most educated men are for tolerance, and see as Erasmus saw.
Albert Durer
T. Sturge Moore
I have also given Erasmus of Rotterdam a Passion engraved in copper.
Albert Durer
T. Sturge Moore
It does not move us until we know that it is an illustration of Erasmus's Christian Knight.
Albert Durer
T. Sturge Moore
We can but regret that Erasmus has not saved us something fuller than this hint.
Albert Durer
T. Sturge Moore
Erasmus had asked Ægidius to assist Holbein's success in any way he could.
Holbein
Beatrice Fortescue

British Dictionary definitions for erasmus

Erasmus

noun

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).