Tacitean

American  

[tas-i-tee-uhn] / ˌtæs ɪˈti ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.

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Etymology

Origin of Tacitean

First recorded in 1885–90; Tacit(us) + -ean

Example Sentences

His narrative is highly rhetorical, and as he at the same time attempts more than Tacitean brevity his narrative is often very obscure.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

I wondered whether, in similar circumstances, I should have been able to resist the temptation to be Tacitean.

From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe

Several public schoolmasters, I understand, have already noted its possibilities as a suitable extract for translation into Tacitean Latin.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 by Various

If the realization of this wish be the hope of statesmen, the historian of culture can only desire that the race remain according to a Tacitean word regarding the Teuton "similar only to itself."

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

It is but natural that, in the loosening of all the bonds of social order, during the wanderings, the ancient Tacitean purity and monogamy was, to a large extent, lost.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann