Plutarchian

American  

[ploo-tahr-kee-uhn] / pluˈtɑr ki ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.

2. characteristic of or resembling a biography by Plutarch or its subject.

   a life worthy of Plutarchian description; a deed of Plutarchian splendor.

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Etymology

Origin of Plutarchian

First recorded in 1855–60; Plutarch + -ian

Example Sentences

When he successfully escaped from a semantics trap baited by Douglas, the Illinoisan tossed him a barbed Plutarchian salute: "We will meet again at Philippi."

From Time Magazine Archive

He evidently wanted to portray a Plutarchian man of heroic size, and he therefore had to exclude all that was subtly individualizing.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

In that respect Theodore Hook is Paul's Plutarchian parallel, though he has more literature and less life.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

No abstract of the Plutarchian matter need be given here, as all the more important passages drawn upon for the play are quoted in x the footnotes to the text.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton

Plutarchian heroes outstayed not their fame, And what nor Brutus nor Themistocles Nor Cato nor Mark Antony survived, Why, why should I?

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas