Varro

American

[var-oh] / ˈvær oʊ /

noun

Marcus Terentius c116–27? b.c., Roman scholar and author.

Varro British

/ ˈværəʊ /

noun

Marcus Terentius (ˈmɑːkəs təˈrɛntɪəs). 116–27 _bc , Roman scholar and satirist

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Celebrities attended the service, but their presence did little to change attitudes, said Szilvia Varro, an activist who helped organise the funeral.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2013

Celebrities attended the service, but their presence did little to change attitudes, said Szilvia Varro, an activist who helped organize the funeral.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2013

For a while everything went so well that Varro began to think his dangerous jest might even turn into safe reality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Varro had grown to like and understand the East; thanks to his money and his sympathetic shrewdness he had become one of the most potent men in Syria.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was really a miscellany treating of various subjects, in various metres, and, as employed by Varro, was written partly in prose, partly in verse.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

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