Statius

American  

[stey-shee-uhs] / ˈsteɪ ʃi əs /

noun

1. Publius Papinius a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.

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Statius British  

/ ˈsteɪʃɪəs /

noun

1. Publius Papinius (ˈpʌblɪəs pəˈpɪnɪəs). ?45–96 _ad , Roman poet; author of the collection Silvae and of two epics, Thebais and the unfinished Achilleis

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Example Sentences

They read of superb little sculptures like the Hercules that the poet Statius insisted Hannibal had admired and that Sulla used for adorning his banquet table.

From Time Magazine Archive

For if any other Celestial flashes are here meant, they indeed may be more Divine; but they are much more rare, and short, than Those of Statius and Lucan.

From The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718) by Trapp, Joseph

For this little while past I have been playing at Statius.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

Virgil asks him how he became a Christian, and Statius refers him to his own words in one of the Eclogues, regarded in those days as containing a prophecy of Christ.

From Dante Six Sermons by Wicksteed, Philip H.

“A life that leads melodious days,” is like that of Vopiscus, in his Tiburtine villa, as described by his friend, Statius, I., iii.,

From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.