Politian

[ poh-lish-uhn ]

noun

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

Politian

/ pəʊˈlɪʃən; pɒ- /

noun

1. Politian14541494MFlorentinePHILOSOPHY: humanistWRITING: poet Italian name Angelo Polliziano; original name Angelo Ambrogini. 1454–94, Florentine humanist and poet

Example Sentences

In our own day Hermolaus and Politian have rescued Latin from barbarism; and their services can never be forgotten.

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Angelo Politian, an Italian, was one of the most polished writers of the fifteenth century.

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Politian has some verses in his Miscellanea, but very bald, and full of false quantities.

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In his Latin style, with the same fault as Politian, an affectation of obsolete words, he is less flexible and elegant.

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Vives places him in dignity and grace of language even above Politian and Hermolaus.

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