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

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

But your prose essayist is apt to be intermittent, and the publication that relies mainly on him leans on a breaking reed; so that we can hardly be surprised that the last-named periodical should eke out its pages with imitations of Tibullus, to the first of which the Editor appends the encouraging note, 'If this is approved by the publick, the Author will occasionally oblige us with more Elegies in the same style and manner.'

From Project Gutenberg