Tibullus
Americannoun
noun
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“Here’s the word ‘Tibullus’—he’s the only Tibullus I can find.
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
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Wherefore Tibullus is wrong in laying the blame for war on gold, when he says: "This is the fault of a rich man's gold; there were no wars when beech goblets were used at banquets."
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
That the women were more addicted than the men to the worship of foreign deities is perhaps suggested by a passage in Tibullus.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
Open upon a sofa was a pocket Tibullus; within a Dictionary of Decisions lay a well-read first volume of the Nouvelle Eloise.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
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