Definitions for Maecenas

Maecenas Mae·ce·nas

Spelling: [mee-see-nuh s, mahy-]
IPA: /miˈsi nəs, maɪ-/

Maecenas is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in Maecenas (aaceemns).

Definitions for Maecenas

noun

  1. Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
  2. a generous patron or supporter, especially of art, music, or literature.

Examples for Maecenas

And if not to Maecenas, so neither to Maecenas' master, would he sacrifice his freedom.

He paused and instructed me how to spell "aerial" and "Maecenas."

Maecenas vitae quam vitae ex laoreet tempor vitae in tortor.

Now all the references to Maecenas, with the exception of the prologue in Sat.

Closest to him in affection and oftenest addressed is Maecenas.

We have also heard him mentioned as a poet and a brother-in-law of Maecenas.

In this way Propertius fulfilled his promise to Maecenas, iii.

She knew that disciples were not wanting to the arts, but that often a Maecenas is needed.

Maecenas with the humanists was almost synonymous with paymaster.

By Maecenas he was introduced to Augustus, who treated him with liberality.

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