Politian

American  

[poh-lish-uhn] / poʊˈlɪʃ ən /

noun

1. Angelo Poliziano, 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.

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Politian British  

/ pəʊˈlɪʃən, pɒ- /

noun

1. Italian name Angelo Polliziano; original name Angelo Ambrogini. 1454–94, Florentine humanist and poet

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Example Sentences

“Have to take serious look at appropriate individual targets, to bring greatest impact. Professors, DR’s, Politian’s, Judges, leftists in general.”

From Reuters

Wow, Andy even used his father's passing for political advantage.. has any Politian stooped that low?

From New York Times

He was a student at Paris in the ominous year of the first French invasion of Italy, in which the death of Pico della Mirandola and Politian came like a symbol of the death of the Italian Renaissance itself.

From Project Gutenberg

For three years he lived in this regal home, meeting all the great and learned men of Italy: Politian, the poet and philosopher; Ficino, the head of the Platonic Academy; Pico della Mirandola, the prince and scholar, and many others.

From Project Gutenberg

Politian was the tutor of the two Medici youths, Giovanni and Giulio, who afterwards became Leo X. and Clement VII.

From Project Gutenberg