Petronius

[pi-troh-nee-uhs]

noun

1. Gaius Gaius Petronius ArbiterArbiter Elegantiae, died a.d. 66?, Roman satirist.

Petronius

/ pɪˈtrəʊnɪəs /

noun

1. Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 _ad , Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society

Example Sentences

Vuillard places himself in a long tradition of satirical writing stretching as far back as Petronius’s “Satyricon.”

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For more than a decade, Pirlo served as elite European soccer’s version of Petronius, the sport’s appointed arbiter of good taste.

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The company has begun evacuating all staff from its Blind Faith and Petronius platforms and initiated shut-in procedures, a spokeswoman said in a statement.

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A movie with Fellini’s signature surrealism and episodic structure: a fever dream of imperial Rome, taken from Petronius.

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I would like to give Petronius another chance.

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