Tibullus

American  

[ti-buhl-uhs] / tɪˈbʌl əs /

noun

1. Albius c54–c19 b.c., Roman poet.

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Tibullus British  

/ tɪˈbʌləs /

noun

1. Albius (ˈælbɪəs). ?54–?19 _bc , Roman elegiac poet

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Example Sentences

So we have Tibullus the freedman of Venustus.

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

“Here’s the word ‘Tibullus’—he’s the only Tibullus I can find.

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

Then a formula—‘scripsi et dico me’—so the man’s name is Tibullus, his status is the freedman of Venustus, and he’s saying, ‘I write and I say.’

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

Catullus, Propertius and Tibullus were ravaged by hard-boiled mistresses, and their poems tell of virtually the only battle they ever fought�the war between the sexes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poetical sympathy with the beliefs and picturesque ceremonies of the peasants among whom they lived enhanced the real enjoyment derived from their country life by men of refined feeling like Horace and Tibullus.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.