Longinus

[lon-jahy-nuh s]

noun

Dionysius Cas·sius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/, a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.

Related formsLon·gin·e·an

[lon-jin-ee-uh n] /lɒnˈdʒɪn i ən/, adjective

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Historical Examples of longinus

Longinus speaks with transport of this beautiful fragment of antiquity.
An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients
John Ogilvie
Plotinos said, "Longinus is a literary man, but not a philosopher."
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1
Plotinos (Plotinus)
Longinus, however, does not acknowledge any faculty of assent.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4
Plotinos (Plotinus)
Longinus cites her love-ode as a specimen of poetical sublimity.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)
John Addington Symonds
This saying is admirable, says Longinus, from a like principle.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
David Hume

British Dictionary definitions for longinus

Longinus

noun

Dionysius (ˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs). ?2nd century ad, supposed author of the famous Greek treatise on literary criticism, On the Sublime

Derived FormsLonginean (lɒnˈdʒɪnɪən), adjective

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