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Definition of Catullus

1. Noun. Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC).

Definition of Catullus

1. Proper noun. '''Gaius Valerius Catullus''', Latin poet ¹

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Literary usage of Catullus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1858)
"Catullus, Tibullus et Proper- tins, cum variis Lectionibus. Cantab. 1702. 4to. A splendid and accurate edition, though held in little estimation. ..."

2. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"148 nichil (O of Catullus, ABD of the Compendium). All these corruptions are obviously better explained as mere scribal errors which have arisen ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1915)
"A Commentary on Catullus. By Robinson Ellis. Second Edition. ... Criticisms and Elucidations of Catullus. By HAJ Munro. Second Edition. London : Bell, 1905. ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1897)
"After a day spent with Calvus in improvising poetry, Catullus tosses sleepless upon his bed, and finally composes some verses which he sends as a challenge, ..."

5. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"Catullus is not a politician, he is altogether wanting in appreciation of public affairs: but like his companions among the literary neo-Koman youth he was ..."

6. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"Now, the beauties of Catullus are precisely of that nature, of which it is ... It is from poetry that the elegies of Catullus derive almost all their ..."

7. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1821)
"Mr. Lamb's Translation of Catullus appears much to resemble the blossom coloured ... Catullus has been nibbled at by many poets, but we know of no regular ..."

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