Ovid

American  

[ov-id] / ˈɒv ɪd /

noun

1. Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 b.c.–a.d. 17?, Roman poet.

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Ovid British  

/ ˈɒvɪd, ɒˈvɪdɪən /

noun

1. Latin name Publius Ovidius Naso. 43 _bc –?17 _ad , Roman poet. His verse includes poems on love, Ars Amatoria, on myths, Metamorphoses, and on his sufferings in exile, Tristia

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Ovid Cultural  

1. An ancient Roman poet; author of the Metamorphoses and The Art of Love.

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Other Word Forms

• Ovidian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Scattered references in Greek and Roman works by Hesiod, Apollodorus and Ovid described her death at the hands of the hero Perseus, but also hinted at a fuller life.

From New York Times • May 25, 2024

The Greek philosopher Ovid mused, “The consumption of meat was even seen as a killing of relatives; since everything comes from the earth and returns to earth again we will inevitably eat one other.”

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2024

There are epigraphs from Ovid, Herman Melville and Shakespeare; when one from Cormac McCarthy's The Road appears at the top of another chapter, it feels almost inevitable.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2023

In a series of works, Ovid, a poet during the reign of Augustus, lamented his own exile to a city on the Black Sea.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

He immersed himself in Ovid, grieving his loss in silence, and she continued to watch him for the next half hour until her parents came into the living room to take her home.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green