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

During the time of which we have been speaking, lived and wrote Quintilian, Juvenal, Statius, and Martial.

From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George

Inde Achilles Statius istum lapidem vocavit μαγνήσιαν λίθον.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

Then follows discourse on Lucan, Statius, Tasso, and the rest.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

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.