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Definition of Plautus
1. Noun. Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC).
2. Noun. A genus of Alcidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Member holonyms: Dovekie, Little Auk, Plautus Alle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plautus
Literary usage of Plautus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"1550, has argued that the Codex Vetus (B) of the first eight plays of Plautus is
derived from a source superior to that of the Codex ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Plautus, T. MACCIUS, was the greatest comic and dramatic genius of Rome, ...
The popularity of Plautus was greatest in his own time and in the generation ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"THE ACCUSATIVE OF EXCLAMATION IN Plautus AND TERENCE. Ever since Ritschl brought
the study of Plautus into fashion monographs on special points of Plautine ..."
4. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"Greek Words in Plautus, by Dr. Herbert Müller Hopkins, of the University of
California. ... Plautus, as is natural, shows the same tendency as the other ..."
5. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"1550, has argued that the Codex Vetus (B) of the first eight plays of Plautus is
derived from a source superior to that of the Codex ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Plautus, T. MACCIUS, was the greatest comic and dramatic genius of Rome, ...
The popularity of Plautus was greatest in his own time and in the generation ..."
7. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"THE ACCUSATIVE OF EXCLAMATION IN Plautus AND TERENCE. Ever since Ritschl brought
the study of Plautus into fashion monographs on special points of Plautine ..."
8. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"Greek Words in Plautus, by Dr. Herbert Müller Hopkins, of the University of
California. ... Plautus, as is natural, shows the same tendency as the other ..."
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