Juvenal

[joo-vuh-nl]

noun

1. Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.

Juvenal

¹

/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /

noun

1. Latin name Decimus Junius Juvenalis. ?60–?140 _ad , Roman satirist. In his 16 verse satires, he denounced the vices of imperial Rome

juvenal

²

/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /

adjective

1. ornithol a variant spelling (esp US) of juvenile

Other Word Forms

• Juvenalian adjective

Example Sentences

Wednesday, Juvenal Solano drove slowly along the cracked roads that border the fields of strawberry and celery that cloak this fertile expanse of Ventura County, his eyes peeled for signs of trouble.

From Los Angeles Times

“Hear her grunt and groan as she works at it, parrying, thrusting,” Juvenal wrote.

From Salon

Roman poet Juvenal coined the phrase “bread and circuses” nearly 2,000 years ago for the extravagant entertainment the Roman Empire used to distract attention from imperial policies that caused widespread discontent.

From Salon

The genocide was sparked on the night of 6 April 1994, when Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana was assassinated - the plane he was on was shot down.

From BBC

The genocide was sparked by the death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana when his plane was shot down above the airport in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, on 6 April.

From BBC