Severus

American  

[suh-veer-uhs] / səˈvɪər əs /

noun

1. Lucius Septimius a.d. 146–211, Roman emperor 193–211.

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Severus British  

/ sɪˈvɪərəs /

noun

1. Lucius Septimius (sɛpˈtɪmɪəs). 146–211 _ad , Roman soldier and emperor (193–211). He waged war successfully against the Parthians (197–202) and spent his last years in Britain (208–211)

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Example Sentences

HBO’s Casey Bloys says ‘Harry Potter’ has a ‘serious security team’ because it anticipated the racist backlash for casting Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape.

From Los Angeles Times

Driven by rumors of Severus’ impending death, some bored soldiers proclaimed one of his brutish sons as their emperor.

From The Wall Street Journal

After a long silence, Severus tapped his brow and said to them: “Do you understand now that it is the head that is in charge, not the feet?”

From The Wall Street Journal

As Simon Elliott describes in his biography “The African Emperor,” Severus was a mercurial and contradictory character, capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity, and always blessed with a sense of the theatrical.

From The Wall Street Journal

Crucially, we have the history of the Greek-speaking senator Cassius Dio, who knew Severus and his family well and was therefore exceptionally well-placed to write the history of the emperor’s reign.

From The Wall Street Journal