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

You may suppose that the owner called his slave after the poet Tibullus; I don’t know.

From The New Yorker

So we have Tibullus the freedman of Venustus.

From The New Yorker

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

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

From The New Yorker

"I, Tibullus, the freedman of Venustus have written and say that I owe Gratus, the freedman of Spurius, 105 denarii from the price of merchandise which has been sold and delivered…"

From National Geographic