Tacitean

[tas-i-tee-uhn]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tacitean¹

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

Example Sentences

To the same fluent and graceful pen we owe the almost Tacitean utterance: "The punishments are easing off: by dint of vigorous hanging, there will be no more hanging to do."

From Project Gutenberg

Fichte, Herder, Grimm — they and many others repeated the main Tacitean tropes.

From New York Times

The Nazi Party convention held in Nuremberg in 1936 featured a “Germanic Room” with Tacitean quotations.

From New York Times

Swann was more Tacitean – initially.

From The Guardian

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 Project Gutenberg