Tacitean

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[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

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Tacitean

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 Hermann Schoenfeld

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

Both Grimm and a Russian princess of the blood urged him even to translate the whole of Tacitus’s works, but it is certain that nobody in the world had ever less of Tacitean quality.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley

In the Agricola and Germania the distinctively Tacitean style is still immature, though it is well on the way towards maturity.

From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail

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 John St. Loe Strachey