Propertius

American  

[proh-pur-shee-uhs, -shuhs] / proʊˈpɜr ʃi əs, -ʃəs /

noun

1. Sextus c50–c15 b.c., Roman poet.

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Propertius British  

/ prəˈpɜːʃɪəs, -ʃəs /

noun

1. Sextus (ˈsɛkstəs). ?50–?15 _bc , Roman elegiac poet

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Propertius

Excerpts of the work in progress were already impressing fellow-writers by the mid-twenties B.C., when the love poet Propertius wrote that “something greater than the Iliad is being born.”

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

Please remember Propertius lived circa 24 B.C., and besides, Cynthia, we are told, had yellow hair and black eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Already a prodigious classics scholar at 18, he spent his days emendating the Latin poet Propertius instead of reading the syllabus.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid....

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by Paul Elmer More

When the Renaissance found its way to England, the word “elegy” was introduced by readers of Ovid and Propertius.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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