Grotius

[ groh-shee-uhs ]

noun

1. Hugo Huig de Groot, 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.

Grotius

/ ˈɡrəʊtɪəs /

noun

1. GrotiusHugo15831645MDutchLAW: juristPOLITICS: statesman Hugo, original name Huig de Groot. 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman, whose De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625) is regarded as the foundation of modern international law

Derived Forms

• ˈGrotianism, noun
• ˈGrotian, adjective

Other Words From

• Gro·tian [groh, -sh, uh, n, -shee-, uh, n], adjective
• Grotian·ism noun

Example Sentences

There is a remarkable group of portraits by Rubens—himself, his brother, Lipsius, and Grotius—and a large landscape by him.

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There were several branches of the Cornets: one settled in Provence, as we are informed by Grotius.

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From all these different calculations it is manifest that Grotius was born in 1583.

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It was therefore on the tenth of April in the year 1583, that Grotius was born, at Delft.

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The young Grotius, like Horace, has celebrated his gratefulness for so good a father in some verses still extant.

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